Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
59.02790, -2.84034
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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 Common Gull and Curlew
- ✦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 Common Gull and Curlew
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Common Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Common Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cat's-ear, Greater Plantain, Sea Plantain +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue +2 more · last seen 2020
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
377 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
377 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Gull · Skylark · Snipe · Curlew · Oystercatcher +42
- Common GullLarus canus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- CorncrakeCrex crex2020
- GannetMorus bassanus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2022
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- PuffinFratercula arctica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2020
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Meadow Brown · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017
Cat's-ear · Greater Plantain · Sea Plantain · Tufted Vetch · Selfheal +33
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
377 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Gull · Skylark · Snipe · Curlew · Oystercatcher +42
- Common GullLarus canus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- CorncrakeCrex crex2020
- GannetMorus bassanus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2022
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2022
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2023
- PuffinFratercula arctica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- RazorbillAlca torda2023
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2021
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis2020
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Meadow Brown · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017
Cat's-ear · Greater Plantain · Sea Plantain · Tufted Vetch · Selfheal +33
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
