Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down 0 ha
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Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Bowl barrow scheduled monument
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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Large White +59 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Large White +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Yar River Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Isle of Wight Coastal Path Walking route 113 km ▾
Named route Length 113 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map The Bembridge Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Nunwell Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Stenbury Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map RSPB Brading Marshes Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Adgestone Quiet Roads Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cowes (Route 3) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chalk Ridge Extreme Mountain bike route ▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
16,748 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,748 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Rook · Chaffinch +36
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Red Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Pygmy Shrew
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 35 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Scarce Chaser +30
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,748 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Rook · Chaffinch +36
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Red Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Pygmy Shrew
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 35 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Scarce Chaser +30
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Blue Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii2025
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2025
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Stenophylax permistus Stenophylax permistus
Stenophylax permistus Stenophylax permistus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2025
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Helophilus trivittatus Helophilus trivittatus2025
Helophilus trivittatus Helophilus trivittatus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2025
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2025 