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Milecastle 77 (site of)

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Dogs welcome

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54.93644, -3.15966

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Syrphus, Syrphus ribesii, Platycheirus clypeatus +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Syrphus ribesii, Platycheirus clypeatus +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Cranberry, Bog Asphodel · last seen 2025; Plants — Cranberry, Bog Asphodel · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route321 m

Named routeRef 72Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.3 km

Named routeRef 72Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route98 m

Named routeRef 72Length 98 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Heron · Lapwing · Oystercatcher · Mallard · Barnacle Goose +57

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,060 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Heron · Lapwing · Oystercatcher · Mallard · Barnacle Goose +57

Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Muddy track, Glasson

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🌱The BanksUrban park3.9 km→✦Hadrian's Wall vallum between the watercourse 400m south east of Glasson and the access road to Glendale caravan park in wall miles 76 and 77Historic site600 m→⛪Solway Methodist ChurchReligious grounds2 km→✦Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79Historic site3.1 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→⛪St Bridget's ChurchReligious grounds4.5 km→

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