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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
53.73270, -2.57529
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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 Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: GREAT BARN CIRCA 100 METRES WEST OF HOGHTON TOWER AT SD 621 264; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-eyed Damselfly +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wall-rue, Hart's-Tongue, Cuckooflower +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
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
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weavers WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Weavers Wheel - Spoke 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Harris Hawks at Hoghton Tower
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Wildlife to spot
47,965 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,965 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Wall-rue · Cleavers · Giant Hogweed · Lesser Celandine · Holly +15
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,965 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Wall-rue · Cleavers · Giant Hogweed · Lesser Celandine · Holly +15
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas