Cairn 1km west-north-west of Old Stell Crag
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.28298, -1.96878
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Wren, Chaffinch, Robin +86 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Robin +86 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Tiger Beetle, Bilberry Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Pirri-pirri-bur, Chickweed Wintergreen, Wood-sorrel +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Track to Raven's Heugh, west of Simonside
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,868 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,868 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wren · Red Grouse (scotica) · Willow Warbler · Meadow Pipit · Robin +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Great TitParus major
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Green Tiger Beetle · Small Heath · Mottled Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Broad Centurion +16
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
🌿Plants13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pirri-pirri-bur · Chickweed Wintergreen · Wood-sorrel · Cowberry · Heath Speedwell +8
- Pirri-pirri-burAcaena novae-zelandiae
- Chickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2023
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,868 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wren · Red Grouse (scotica) · Willow Warbler · Meadow Pipit · Robin +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Great TitParus major
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Green Tiger Beetle · Small Heath · Mottled Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Broad Centurion +16
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
🌿Plants13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pirri-pirri-bur · Chickweed Wintergreen · Wood-sorrel · Cowberry · Heath Speedwell +8
- Pirri-pirri-burAcaena novae-zelandiae
- Chickweed WintergreenLysimachia europaea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2023
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticolaBilberry BumblebeeBombus monticolaSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSmall Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria seleneSmall Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria seleneBirch ClubhornCimbex femoratusBirch ClubhornCimbex femoratusCarabus nitensCarabus nitensCarabus nitensCarabus nitensEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2023Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2023Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2023Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2023Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus2023Carabus glabratusCarabus glabratus2023Hare's-tail Cottongrass
Hare's-tail Cottongrass
Eriophorum vaginatum
Eriophorum vaginatum
DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosumDeergrassTrichophorum cespitosumSmall RestharrowOnonis reclinata2024Small RestharrowOnonis reclinata2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024ShallonGaultheria shallon2023ShallonGaultheria shallon2023Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2023Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2023Events & activities nearby
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