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Bowl barrow 100m north of Lishaperhill

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Robin, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Robin, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +202 more · last seen 2025; Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +202 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Campion, Herb-Robert, Lesser Celandine +56 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Campion, Herb-Robert, Lesser Celandine +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hawthorn, Guelder-rose, Blackthorn +5 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route (3)Cycling route

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Route 3Cycling route527.7 km

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Main RouteCycling route1 km

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Main RouteCycling route555 m

Named routeRef 3Length 555 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route346 m

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Main RouteCycling route399 m

Named routeRef 3Length 399 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,309 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,309 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds15 species

winter

2025

Grasshopper Warbler · Grey Heron · Willow Tit · Chiffchaff · Starling +10

Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Willow TitPoecile montanus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
MagpiePica pica2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2023

Grass Snake · Common Lizard

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

White-legged Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +16

White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023

🌿

Plants105 species

autumn

2025

Heath Spotted-orchid · Barren Strawberry · American Willowherb · Pedunculate Oak · Elder +100

Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2022
Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2022
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2022
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2022
Greater BurdockArctium lappa2022
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Water MintMentha aquatica2022
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2022
Symphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatusSymphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatus2022
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Common DuckweedLemna minor2022
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2022
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Common CouchElymus repens2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2022
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2022
Curled DockRumex crispus2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2022
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2022
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Stream Water-crowfootRanunculus penicillatus2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Dog-roseRosa canina2022
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Wood Club-rushScirpus sylvaticus2022
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2022
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2022
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2022
Eared WillowSalix aurita2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2022
Festuca rubra subsp. rubraFestuca rubra subsp. rubra2022
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2022
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2022
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2022
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2022
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2022
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2022
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,309 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds15 species

winter

2025

Grasshopper Warbler · Grey Heron · Willow Tit · Chiffchaff · Starling +10

Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Willow TitPoecile montanus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
MagpiePica pica2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2023

Grass Snake · Common Lizard

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

White-legged Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +16

White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023

🌿

Plants105 species

autumn

2025

Heath Spotted-orchid · Barren Strawberry · American Willowherb · Pedunculate Oak · Elder +100

Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2022
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2022
Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2022
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2022
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2022
Greater BurdockArctium lappa2022
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Water MintMentha aquatica2022
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2022
Symphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatusSymphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatus2022
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Common DuckweedLemna minor2022
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2022
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Common CouchElymus repens2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2022
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2022
Curled DockRumex crispus2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2022
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2022
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Stream Water-crowfootRanunculus penicillatus2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Dog-roseRosa canina2022
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Wood Club-rushScirpus sylvaticus2022
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2022
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2022
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2022
Eared WillowSalix aurita2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2022
Festuca rubra subsp. rubraFestuca rubra subsp. rubra2022
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2022
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2022
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2022
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2022
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2022
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2022
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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