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Bleara Lowe

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Ganoderma adspersum, Turkeytail, Glistening Inkcap +49 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Ganoderma adspersum, Turkeytail, Glistening Inkcap +49 more · last seen 2024

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sycamore, Jacob's-ladder, Bilberry +12 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sycamore, Jacob's-ladder, Bilberry +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell +15 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell +15 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Pennine Way (Calder Valley to Ickornshaw)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Pendle WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 68Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route91 m

Named routeRef 68Length 91 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route67 m

Named routeRef 68Length 67 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 68Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km

Named routeLength 172.2 km

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Standridge Clough Lanebridleway · 1 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

1,953 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,953 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummer

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +72

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great TitParus major2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
MagpiePica pica2021
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2015
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
PintailAnas acuta2022
MerlinFalco columbarius2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2013
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2012
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
SwiftApus apus2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2014
House SparrowPasser domesticus2011
Common GullLarus canus2011
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2022
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
OspreyPandion haliaetus2016
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
Rock DoveColumba livia2015
RavenCorvus corax2014

🦌

Mammals10 species

spring

2024

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +5

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Pine MartenMartes martes
StoatMustela erminea2018
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2016
WeaselMustela nivalis2015

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2024

Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Scathophaga stercoraria +13

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2015
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2014
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2012

🍄

Fungi52 species

autumn

2024

Ganoderma adspersum · Turkeytail · Glistening Inkcap · Lumpy Bracket · Jelly Ear +47

Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor2022
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2021
Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2023
Hymenoscyphus albidusHymenoscyphus albidus
Scurfy TwigletTubaria furfuracea
Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2023
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2021
Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme2021
Orange BonnetMycena acicula
Bulbous BonnetMycena stylobates
Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
Holly ParachuteMarasmius hudsonii
Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium2023
Oak CrustPeniophora quercina2023
Waxy CrustVuilleminia comedens2023
Amber JellyExidia recisa2023
Holly SpeckleTrochila ilicina2022
Nitrous PinkgillEntoloma politum2021
Rancid BonnetMycena olida2021
Oakbug MilkcapLactarius quietus2021
Yellowfoot PinkgillEntoloma turbidum2021
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2021
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea2021
Mycena metataMycena metata2021
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans2021
Magic MushroomPsilocybe semilanceata2021
Pleated InkcapParasola plicatilis2021
Red Edge BrittlestemPsathyrella corrugis2021
Lilac BonnetMycena pura2021
Peeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollis2021
Birch KnightTricholoma fulvum2021
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2021
Hypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniae2020
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2020
King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica2020
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci2020
Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa2018
Artist's BracketGanoderma applanatum2018
Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2018
Common BonnetMycena galericulata2018
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2018
DeceiverLaccaria laccata2017
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2017
Stumpy MilkcapLactarius flexuosus2017
WaxcapHygrophoraceae2013
Waxcap MushroomsHygrocybe2013
Dung RoundheadStropharia semiglobata2013

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2025

Sycamore · Jacob's-ladder · Bilberry · Blueish Veilwort · Ramsons +10

SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021
Jacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleum2020
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2020
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2018
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2021
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2021
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2021
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2021
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2021
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020
GorseUlex europaeus2020
BetonyBetonica officinalis2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,953 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummer

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +72

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Great TitParus major2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
MagpiePica pica2021
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2015
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
PintailAnas acuta2022
MerlinFalco columbarius2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2013
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2012
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
SwiftApus apus2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2014
House SparrowPasser domesticus2011
Common GullLarus canus2011
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2022
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2020
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
OspreyPandion haliaetus2016
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
Rock DoveColumba livia2015
RavenCorvus corax2014

🦌

Mammals10 species

spring

2024

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +5

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Pine MartenMartes martes
StoatMustela erminea2018
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2016
WeaselMustela nivalis2015

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2024

Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Scathophaga stercoraria +13

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2015
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2014
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2012

🍄

Fungi52 species

autumn

2024

Ganoderma adspersum · Turkeytail · Glistening Inkcap · Lumpy Bracket · Jelly Ear +47

Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor2022
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2021
Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2023
Hymenoscyphus albidusHymenoscyphus albidus
Scurfy TwigletTubaria furfuracea
Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2023
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2021
Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme2021
Orange BonnetMycena acicula
Bulbous BonnetMycena stylobates
Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
Holly ParachuteMarasmius hudsonii
Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium2023
Oak CrustPeniophora quercina2023
Waxy CrustVuilleminia comedens2023
Amber JellyExidia recisa2023
Holly SpeckleTrochila ilicina2022
Nitrous PinkgillEntoloma politum2021
Rancid BonnetMycena olida2021
Oakbug MilkcapLactarius quietus2021
Yellowfoot PinkgillEntoloma turbidum2021
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2021
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea2021
Mycena metataMycena metata2021
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans2021
Magic MushroomPsilocybe semilanceata2021
Pleated InkcapParasola plicatilis2021
Red Edge BrittlestemPsathyrella corrugis2021
Lilac BonnetMycena pura2021
Peeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollis2021
Birch KnightTricholoma fulvum2021
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2021
Hypoxylon petriniaeHypoxylon petriniae2020
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2020
King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica2020
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci2020
Shaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosa2018
Artist's BracketGanoderma applanatum2018
Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2018
Common BonnetMycena galericulata2018
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2018
DeceiverLaccaria laccata2017
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2017
Stumpy MilkcapLactarius flexuosus2017
WaxcapHygrophoraceae2013
Waxcap MushroomsHygrocybe2013
Dung RoundheadStropharia semiglobata2013

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2025

Sycamore · Jacob's-ladder · Bilberry · Blueish Veilwort · Ramsons +10

SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021
Jacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleum2020
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2020
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2018
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2021
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2021
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2021
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2021
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2021
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020
GorseUlex europaeus2020
BetonyBetonica officinalis2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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