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Great Plantation

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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 Mallard and Black-headed Gull
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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 Mallard and Black-headed Gull
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Hairy Curtain Crust, Jelly Ear, Candlesnuff Fungus +14 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Hairy Curtain Crust, Jelly Ear, Candlesnuff Fungus +14 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Anacaena globulus, Hydroporus pubescens, Minotaur Beetle +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Anacaena globulus, Hydroporus pubescens, Minotaur Beetle +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Bog Asphodel, Lesser Stitchwort +4 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Bog Asphodel, Lesser Stitchwort +4 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Ribble WayWalking route114 km

The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.

Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route

Pendle WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Ribble Valley Jubilee TrailWalking route105 km

A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.

Named routeLength 105 kmRound tripRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

55 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 68Cycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route50 m

Named routeRef 68Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route207 m

Named routeLength 207 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route734 m

Named routeRef 68Length 734 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km

Named routeLength 172.2 km

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Gisburn Old Roadbridleway · 293 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 293 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

3,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

springsummer

2025

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Cormorant · Canada Goose +76

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Common GullLarus canus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
DotterelEudromias morinellus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
RavenCorvus corax2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Great TitParus major2021
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2018
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
MagpiePica pica2018
LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2015
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
RedshankTringa totanus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2018
Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2017
SwiftApus apus2017
Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2015
DunnockPrunella modularis2015
CuckooCuculus canorus2014
GoshawkAstur gentilis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Little OwlAthene noctua2019
DipperCinclus cinclus2019
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2017
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2017
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2016
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2016
House SparrowPasser domesticus2016
Red KiteMilvus milvus2016
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2016
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2015
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2015
WigeonMareca penelope2015
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2014

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2021

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Otter +3

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra2018
Wild BoarSus scrofa2017
BadgerMeles meles2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014

🐝

Insects7 species

springautumn

2025

Minotaur Beetle · Common Leaf Weevil · Tree Bumblebee · Painted Lady · Bilberry Bumblebee +2

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2014

🍄

Fungi17 species

winter

2023

Jelly Ear · Hairy Curtain Crust · Candlesnuff Fungus · Phacidium lauri · Amber Jelly +12

Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
Amber JellyExidia recisa
Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
Diaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricola
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Holly SpeckleTrochila ilicina
Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
Neosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorum
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
Peeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollis2020
Tutsan RustMelampsora hypericorum2020
Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii2020
Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum2020

🌿

Plants87 species

summer

2023

Yorkshire-fog · Marsh Thistle · Rough Meadow-grass · Tufted Hair-grass · Creeping Bent +82

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2018
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2018
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2018
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2018
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2018
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2020
Mat-grassNardus stricta2018
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2018
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2018
Common SedgeCarex nigra2018
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020
Quaking-grassBriza media2020
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2020
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2018
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2018
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2018
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2018
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2018
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2018
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2018
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2018
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2018
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2018
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2018
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2018
White CloverTrifolium repens2018
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018
Common NettleUrtica dioica2018
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2018
Red FescueFestuca rubra2018
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2018
daffodilsNarcissus2014
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2020
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2018
TimothyPhleum pratense2018
Common CouchElymus repens2018
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018
TormentilPotentilla erecta2018
HollyIlex aquifolium2018
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2018
HazelCorylus avellana2018
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2018
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2018
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2018
RowanSorbus aucuparia2018
PignutConopodium majus2018
BrambleRubus fruticosus2018
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2018
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2018
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2018
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2018
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2018
Red CampionSilene dioica2018
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2018
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2018
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018
ElderSambucus nigra2018
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2018
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2018
Common SallowSalix cinerea2018
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2018
Greater PlantainPlantago major2018
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2018
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2018
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2018
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2018
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2018
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2016
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2016
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2016
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2016
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2016
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,153 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

springsummer

2025

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Cormorant · Canada Goose +76

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Common GullLarus canus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
DotterelEudromias morinellus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
RavenCorvus corax2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Great TitParus major2021
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2018
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2018
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
MagpiePica pica2018
LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2015
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
RedshankTringa totanus2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2018
Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2017
SwiftApus apus2017
Stock DoveColumba oenas2017
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2015
DunnockPrunella modularis2015
CuckooCuculus canorus2014
GoshawkAstur gentilis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2019
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Little OwlAthene noctua2019
DipperCinclus cinclus2019
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2017
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2017
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2016
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2016
House SparrowPasser domesticus2016
Red KiteMilvus milvus2016
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2016
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2015
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2015
WigeonMareca penelope2015
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2014

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2021

Rabbit · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Otter +3

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra2018
Wild BoarSus scrofa2017
BadgerMeles meles2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014

🐝

Insects7 species

springautumn

2025

Minotaur Beetle · Common Leaf Weevil · Tree Bumblebee · Painted Lady · Bilberry Bumblebee +2

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2014

🍄

Fungi17 species

winter

2023

Jelly Ear · Hairy Curtain Crust · Candlesnuff Fungus · Phacidium lauri · Amber Jelly +12

Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
Amber JellyExidia recisa
Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
Diaporthe samaricolaDiaporthe samaricola
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Holly SpeckleTrochila ilicina
Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
Neosetophoma samarorumNeosetophoma samarorum
Elder WhitewashXylodon sambuci
Peeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollis2020
Tutsan RustMelampsora hypericorum2020
Roundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatii2020
Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum2020

🌿

Plants87 species

summer

2023

Yorkshire-fog · Marsh Thistle · Rough Meadow-grass · Tufted Hair-grass · Creeping Bent +82

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2018
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2018
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2018
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2018
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2018
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2020
Mat-grassNardus stricta2018
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2018
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2018
Common SedgeCarex nigra2018
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2018
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020
Quaking-grassBriza media2020
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2020
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2018
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2018
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2018
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2018
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2018
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2018
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2018
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2018
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2018
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2018
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2018
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2018
White CloverTrifolium repens2018
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018
Common NettleUrtica dioica2018
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2018
Red FescueFestuca rubra2018
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2018
daffodilsNarcissus2014
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2020
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2018
TimothyPhleum pratense2018
Common CouchElymus repens2018
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018
TormentilPotentilla erecta2018
HollyIlex aquifolium2018
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2018
HazelCorylus avellana2018
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2018
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2018
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2018
RowanSorbus aucuparia2018
PignutConopodium majus2018
BrambleRubus fruticosus2018
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2018
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2018
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2018
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2018
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2018
Red CampionSilene dioica2018
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2018
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2018
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018
ElderSambucus nigra2018
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2018
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2018
Common SallowSalix cinerea2018
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2018
Greater PlantainPlantago major2018
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2018
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2018
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2018
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2018
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2018
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2016
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2016
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2016
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2016
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2016
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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