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Gurnal Dubs

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿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

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Little Owl +32 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Philopotamus montanus, Vine Weevil · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Reed Sweet-grass, Creeping Cinquefoil, Rowan +113 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Reed Sweet-grass, Creeping Cinquefoil, Rowan +113 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Rowan, Common Nettle, Bilberry +11 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Dales WayWalking route129 km

Named routeLength 129 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route4.7 km

Named routeRef 6Length 4.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route659 m

Named routeRef 6Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route214 m

Named routeRef 6Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route478 m

Named routeRef 6Length 478 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route80 m

Named routeRef 6Length 80 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,959 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,959 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

spring

2026

Wren · Woodpigeon · Little Owl · Song Thrush · Jackdaw +30

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SwiftApus apus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Fox

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

Philopotamus montanus · Vine Weevil

Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus

🌿

Plants116 species

autumn

2025

Reed Sweet-grass · Creeping Cinquefoil · Rowan · Lesser Spearwort · Meadow Buttercup +111

Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Marsh VioletViola palustris
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche brutia subsp. hamulata
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorum
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Plantago major subsp. intermediaPlantago major subsp. intermedia
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
Common Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. palustre
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatum
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Mat-grassNardus stricta
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Great Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. elongatum
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Common SallowSalix cinerea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
SanicleSanicula europaea
Water AvensGeum rivale
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Martagon LilyLilium martagon
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
HeucheraHeuchera
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,959 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

spring

2026

Wren · Woodpigeon · Little Owl · Song Thrush · Jackdaw +30

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SwiftApus apus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Fox

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2025

Philopotamus montanus · Vine Weevil

Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus

🌿

Plants116 species

autumn

2025

Reed Sweet-grass · Creeping Cinquefoil · Rowan · Lesser Spearwort · Meadow Buttercup +111

Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Marsh VioletViola palustris
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
ShoreweedLittorella uniflora
Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche brutia subsp. hamulata
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Alternate Water-milfoilMyriophyllum alterniflorum
DandelionTaraxacum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Plantago major subsp. intermediaPlantago major subsp. intermedia
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
Common Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. palustre
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatum
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Mat-grassNardus stricta
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Great Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. elongatum
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Common SallowSalix cinerea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
SanicleSanicula europaea
Water AvensGeum rivale
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Martagon LilyLilium martagon
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
HeucheraHeuchera
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2024
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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