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Leafy Rigg

97 ha

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55.06984, -2.60798

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Coal Tit
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Coal Tit
🐕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

4 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Meadow Pipit +36 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Meadow Pipit +36 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Lowland raised bog priority habitat; Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Meadow Pipit +36 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Small Heath +3 more · last seen 2015

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route14.3 km

Named routeRef 10Length 14.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants138 species

summer

2025

Soft-rush · Sharp-flowered Rush · Heath Wood-rush · Meadow Buttercup · Marsh Thistle +133

Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Autumn GentianGentianella amarella
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
DaisyBellis perennis
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
DandelionTaraxacum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
EyebrightEuphrasia
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
BulrushTypha latifolia
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Spear MintMentha spicata
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
BrambleRubus
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Erythranthe luteaErythranthe lutea
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Red CampionSilene dioica
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
BugleAjuga reptans
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Quaking-grassBriza media
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
WillowSalix
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
HawkweedHieracium
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants138 species

summer

2025

Soft-rush · Sharp-flowered Rush · Heath Wood-rush · Meadow Buttercup · Marsh Thistle +133

Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Autumn GentianGentianella amarella
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
DaisyBellis perennis
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
DandelionTaraxacum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
EyebrightEuphrasia
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
BulrushTypha latifolia
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Spear MintMentha spicata
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
BrambleRubus
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Erythranthe luteaErythranthe lutea
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Red CampionSilene dioica
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
BugleAjuga reptans
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Quaking-grassBriza media
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
WillowSalix
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
HawkweedHieracium
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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