Bowl barrow 400m west of Vicarage Barn
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.07692, -2.07315
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Primrose, Meadow Crane's-bill, Wild Teasel +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Tisbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
Photos
Footpath from Vicarage Barn to Fonthill Lake
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,032 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,032 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Dunnock +25
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Badger · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Green Nettle Weevil · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +40
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Crane's-bill · Hazel · Apple · Perforate St John's-wort · Sainfoin +14
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- HazelCorylus avellana
- AppleMalus domestica
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,032 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Dunnock +25
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Badger · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Green Nettle Weevil · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +40
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Crane's-bill · Hazel · Apple · Perforate St John's-wort · Sainfoin +14
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- HazelCorylus avellana
- AppleMalus domestica
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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Wild Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus fullonum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumWild CarrotDaucus carotaWild CarrotDaucus carotaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisChicoryCichorium intybusChicoryCichorium intybusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisEvents & activities nearby
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