Lowesy village earthwork
23 ha
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
52.66373, -0.93145
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant 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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Blackbird, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Blackbird, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Wood, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Netted Shield Lichen, Common Orange Lichen, Physcia tenella +8 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Hogweed, Ash +239 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,116 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springwinter
2025▾
Fieldfare · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Greenfinch +31
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Nowickia ferox · Wasp Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +11
- Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Common Orange Lichen · Netted Shield Lichen · Physcia tenella
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
Hawthorn · Hogweed · Field Maple · Dog-rose · Red Clover +43
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springwinter
2025▾
Fieldfare · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Greenfinch +31
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Nowickia ferox · Wasp Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +11
- Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Common Orange Lichen · Netted Shield Lichen · Physcia tenella
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
Hawthorn · Hogweed · Field Maple · Dog-rose · Red Clover +43
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Narrow-cheeked ClusterflyPollenia angustigena2024Narrow-cheeked ClusterflyPollenia angustigena2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2024Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024BrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023BlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2023Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023White WillowSalix alba2023White WillowSalix alba2023