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Getting here
54.75093, -3.37196
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, House Sparrow, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swift, House Sparrow, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Common Darter, Large Yellow Underwing +85 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Allonby to WhitehavenWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route788 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 788 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route663 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 663 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Photos
Oughterside fields at sunrise
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Wildlife to spot
2,008 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,008 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Grey Partridge · Carrion Crow · Swallow
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Otter
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Cicadella viridis +5
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Hogweed · Prickly Sow-thistle · Lesser Trefoil · Field Horsetail · Polygonum aviculare +126
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common Mouse-ear
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,008 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Grey Partridge · Carrion Crow · Swallow
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Otter
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Cicadella viridis +5
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Hogweed · Prickly Sow-thistle · Lesser Trefoil · Field Horsetail · Polygonum aviculare +126
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Common Mouse-ear
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaOsierSalix viminalisOsierSalix viminalisBromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceusTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaAspenPopulus tremulaAspenPopulus tremulaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusElmUlmusElmUlmusGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususPhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratensePhleum pratenseCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansBearded CouchElymus caninusBearded CouchElymus caninusWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSmooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabraSmooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabraFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusToad Rush agg.Juncus bufoniusToad Rush agg.Juncus bufoniusHairy TareErvilia hirsutaHairy TareErvilia hirsutaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisBird CherryPrunus padusBird CherryPrunus padusTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisLolium perenneLolium perenneLolium perenneLolium perenneSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusStellaria mediaStellaria mediaStellaria mediaStellaria mediaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusWelted ThistleCarduus crispusWelted ThistleCarduus crispusGooseberryRibes uva-crispaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaDuke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarumDuke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum