Long Barrow north of Castlethorpe
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53.56095, -0.51893
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Moorhen +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Moorhen +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Red Admiral +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Mallow, Smooth Sow-thistle, Marsh Woundwort +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Footpath to Castlethorpe (4)
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Wildlife to spot
3,238 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,238 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Moorhen · Starling · Anas platyrhynchos x +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SwiftApus apus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2021
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 2-spot Ladybird +23
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- 2-spot Ladybird
Common Mallow · Marsh Woundwort · Perennial Sow-thistle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Himalayan Balsam +18
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2020
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2020
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,238 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Moorhen · Starling · Anas platyrhynchos x +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SwiftApus apus
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2021
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 2-spot Ladybird +23
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- 2-spot Ladybird
Common Mallow · Marsh Woundwort · Perennial Sow-thistle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Himalayan Balsam +18
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2020
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2020
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata2021
Adalia bipunctata2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2020Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2020Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2020Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2020Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024PontaniaPontania2023PontaniaPontania2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022HornetVespa crabro2022HornetVespa crabro2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2020Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2020Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2020Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2020Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2020Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2020Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi20202022
2022
ButterburPetasites hybridus2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2020Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2020Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2020Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2020PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2020PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2020ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2020ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2020Black MedickMedicago lupulina2020Black MedickMedicago lupulina2020Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Lapsana communis subsp. communisLapsana communis subsp. communis2020Lapsana communis subsp. communisLapsana communis subsp. communis2020Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2020Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2020Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2020Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2020Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2020Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2020