Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.76381, -2.49708
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackcap +72 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackcap +72 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Dock Bug +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Dorset trail
Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route388 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 388 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route463 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
Main RouteCycling route148 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 148 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,390 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,390 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Blue Tit · Hobby · Robin · Dunnock +41
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Great Green Bush-cricket · Garden Chafer · Swollen-thighed Beetle +1
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Violet Oil-beetle
Hedge Woundwort · Daisy · Meadowsweet · Hawthorn · Pineappleweed +23
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- DaisyBellis perennis
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,390 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Blue Tit · Hobby · Robin · Dunnock +41
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Great Green Bush-cricket · Garden Chafer · Swollen-thighed Beetle +1
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Violet Oil-beetle
Hedge Woundwort · Daisy · Meadowsweet · Hawthorn · Pineappleweed +23
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- DaisyBellis perennis
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Meloe violaceus
HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacum