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Bowl barrow 900m north of Copston Farm

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52.50491, -1.34155

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen 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

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Gorse, Chicory, Lucerne +15 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Gorse, Chicory, Lucerne +15 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Liriomyza congesta, Lesser Alder Leaf-miner, Shining Alder Leaf-miner +10 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Liriomyza congesta, Lesser Alder Leaf-miner, Shining Alder Leaf-miner +10 more · last seen 2023

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alder Tongue · last seen 2023; Fungi — Alder Tongue · last seen 2023

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

ACW Circular Walk 13Walking route

Named routeRef C13Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 13A (short-cut for C13)Walking route

Named routeRef C13ALocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 13C (an even shorter [4 mile total] short-cut route than route A, devised for use on the WWF 1-Jun-2006 event)Walking route

Named routeRef C13CLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 14Walking route

Named routeRef C14Listed length 13 km

ACW Circular Walk 14A (short-cut for C14)Walking route

Named routeRef C14ALocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

10,254 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,254 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Moorhen · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Coot · Woodpigeon +68

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common GullLarus canus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RavenCorvus corax
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2026

Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
BadgerMeles meles2023

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2023

Lesser Alder Leaf-miner · Liriomyza congesta · Shining Alder Leaf-miner · Cinnabar · Common Alder Leaf-miner +8

Lesser Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter stettinensis
Liriomyza congestaLiriomyza congesta
Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Common Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter rajella
Agromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivora
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana
Golden ArgentArgyresthia goedartella
Maple DotStigmella aceris
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Phytomyza angelicaePhytomyza angelicae
Fireweed MomphaMompha raschkiella
Ramshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamic

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2023

Alder Tongue

Alder TongueTaphrina alni

🌿

Plants18 species

summer

2026

Gorse · Chicory · Alder Buckthorn · Sweet Gum · Lucerne +13

GorseUlex europaeus
ChicoryCichorium intybus2023
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2023
Sweet GumLiquidambar styraciflua2023
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2023
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
BeetBeta vulgaris2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,254 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Moorhen · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Coot · Woodpigeon +68

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common GullLarus canus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RavenCorvus corax
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2026

Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
BadgerMeles meles2023

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2023

Lesser Alder Leaf-miner · Liriomyza congesta · Shining Alder Leaf-miner · Cinnabar · Common Alder Leaf-miner +8

Lesser Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter stettinensis
Liriomyza congestaLiriomyza congesta
Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Common Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter rajella
Agromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivora
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana
Golden ArgentArgyresthia goedartella
Maple DotStigmella aceris
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Phytomyza angelicaePhytomyza angelicae
Fireweed MomphaMompha raschkiella
Ramshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamic

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2023

Alder Tongue

Alder TongueTaphrina alni

🌿

Plants18 species

summer

2026

Gorse · Chicory · Alder Buckthorn · Sweet Gum · Lucerne +13

GorseUlex europaeus
ChicoryCichorium intybus2023
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2023
Sweet GumLiquidambar styraciflua2023
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2023
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
BeetBeta vulgaris2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dave Thompson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field view near Copston Magna

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