Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
54.28538, -3.32500
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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 — Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +33 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +33 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Small Heath, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +5 more · last seen 2022
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to SilecroftWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
754 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
754 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stonechat · Skylark · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit +2
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
Acnemia nitidicollis · Keeled Skimmer
- Acnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2018
Heath Rush · Sheep's Fescue agg. · Soft-rush · White Clover · Star Sedge +121
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
754 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stonechat · Skylark · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit +2
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2019
Acnemia nitidicollis · Keeled Skimmer
- Acnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2018
Heath Rush · Sheep's Fescue agg. · Soft-rush · White Clover · Star Sedge +121
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Star SedgeCarex echinata
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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