Brightley Barton moated site
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.98694, -3.97790
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Tawny Owl +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: STONE RETAINING WALLS FORMING MOAT CIRCA 5-10 METRES WEST OF BRIGHTLY BARTON
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Tawny Owl +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Rutpela maculata, Common Blue +18 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Himalayan Balsam, Wood Avens +206 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,559 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,559 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Swift · Jay · Great Tit · Pheasant +7
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- SwiftApus apus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2021▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Toad
Banded Demoiselle · Rutpela maculata · Violet Ground Beetle · White-legged Damselfly · Morellia +6
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- MorelliaMorellia2022
- EmpisEmpis
🌿Plants77 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Common Nettle · Wood Avens · Ground-ivy · Enchanter's-nightshade +72
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,559 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Swift · Jay · Great Tit · Pheasant +7
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- SwiftApus apus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2021▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Toad
Banded Demoiselle · Rutpela maculata · Violet Ground Beetle · White-legged Damselfly · Morellia +6
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- MorelliaMorellia2022
- EmpisEmpis
🌿Plants77 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Common Nettle · Wood Avens · Ground-ivy · Enchanter's-nightshade +72
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
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holosteaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Remote SedgeCarex remota2022Remote SedgeCarex remota2022HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRanunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)2022Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022GypsywortLycopus europaeus2022GypsywortLycopus europaeus2022SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019SilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataPencilled Crane's-billGeranium versicolor2023Pencilled Crane's-billGeranium versicolor2023Calystegia sepiumCalystegia sepium2022Calystegia sepiumCalystegia sepium2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022Curled DockRumex crispus2020Curled DockRumex crispus2020Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2019Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2019Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2018Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2018Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2018Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2018Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2018Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2018Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2018Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2018Wood DockRumex 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FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2018Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2018GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2018GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2018Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2018Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2018HonestyLunaria annua2018HonestyLunaria annua2018Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2018Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2018Downy BirchBetula pubescens2018Downy BirchBetula pubescens2018Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2018Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2018SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2018SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2018Garden Pink-sorrelOxalis latifolia2018Garden Pink-sorrelOxalis latifolia2018BeechFagus sylvatica2018BeechFagus sylvatica2018Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2018Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2018Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2018Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2018Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2018Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2018Events & activities nearby
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