Farnalees Bastle ruin
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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.95129, -2.33283
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
- ✦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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Rhingia campestris +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Bird's-nest Orchid, Mountain Pansy +151 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Isaac's Tea TrailWalking route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route224 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 224 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route567 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 567 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Farmland north of Midgeholm
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Wildlife to spot
2,854 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,854 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Great Tit +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
🐝Insects24 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Cercopis vulnerata · Rhingia campestris · Leucozona glaucia · Leucozona laternaria +19
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Mountain Pansy · Wood-sorrel · Hairy Wood-rush · Wood-sedge +22
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Mountain PansyViola lutea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
- Pignut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,854 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Great Tit +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
🐝Insects24 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Cercopis vulnerata · Rhingia campestris · Leucozona glaucia · Leucozona laternaria +19
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Mountain Pansy · Wood-sorrel · Hairy Wood-rush · Wood-sedge +22
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Mountain PansyViola lutea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
- Pignut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Conopodium majus
Conopodium majus
Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisWater AvensGeum rivaleWater AvensGeum rivaleLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumPyrenean SquillScilla liliohyacinthusPyrenean SquillScilla liliohyacinthusGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2024Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2024Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2024Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2024Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2024Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024