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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
53.80057, -2.29480
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Goldfinch +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: GAWTHORPE HALL AND SURROUNDING BALUSTRADE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Goldfinch +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Creeping Thistle, Great Willowherb +102 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat., Blackfoot Polypore, Urocystis ranunculi +4 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 40 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Pendle WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Brun Valley GreenwayWalking route▾
Huncoat TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grove Lanepublic footpath · 406 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 406 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Mosedale Drivepublic footpath · 23 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 23 mPath type: residential
Cornfield Grovepublic footpath · 224 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 224 mPath type: service
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 604Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network
Huncoat GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 685Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network
Sweet Clough GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Reservoir pond for Gawthorpe Hall
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,672 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,672 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Dunnock +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Rabbit +1
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects48 species
springsummer
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Common Rose Fusehorn · Cercopis vulnerata +43
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Oak Mildew · Birch Woodwart · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat. · Leopard Earthball · Blackfoot Polypore +2
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Leopard EarthballScleroderma areolatum
- Blackfoot PolyporePolyporus leptocephalus
- Urocystis ranunculiUrocystis ranunculi
Wood Avens · Himalayan Balsam · Hornbeam · Lesser Celandine · Wood Anemone +35
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,672 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Dunnock +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Rabbit +1
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects48 species
springsummer
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Common Rose Fusehorn · Cercopis vulnerata +43
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Oak Mildew · Birch Woodwart · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat. · Leopard Earthball · Blackfoot Polypore +2
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Leopard EarthballScleroderma areolatum
- Blackfoot PolyporePolyporus leptocephalus
- Urocystis ranunculiUrocystis ranunculi
Wood Avens · Himalayan Balsam · Hornbeam · Lesser Celandine · Wood Anemone +35
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Puccinia poarum
Puccinia poarum
Puccinia poarum
Puccinia poarum
ElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorBird CherryPrunus padusBird CherryPrunus padusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgareMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumGreat HorsetailEquisetum telmateiaGreat HorsetailEquisetum telmateia