Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
54.28384, -3.33272
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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 — Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +31 more · last seen 2023; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +31 more · last seen 2023; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Small Heath, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +4 more · last seen 2022
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to SilecroftWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
514 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
514 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Rook · Great Tit · Stonechat · Skylark +3
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Acnemia nitidicollis · Keeled Skimmer
- Acnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2018
Heath Rush · Sheep's Fescue agg. · Tufted Hair-grass · Soft-rush · White Clover +126
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
514 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Rook · Great Tit · Stonechat · Skylark +3
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Acnemia nitidicollis · Keeled Skimmer
- Acnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2018
Heath Rush · Sheep's Fescue agg. · Tufted Hair-grass · Soft-rush · White Clover +126
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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