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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
54.65355, -2.82112
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Agapetus fuscipes, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Ullswater WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ullswater Way - Dalemain LoopWalking route▾
Ullswater Way Dalemain Loop - white text on red roundel
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Eamont WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Route C2CCycling route▾
Old Coach Road alternative
Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,911 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Potato Capsid · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Small Nettle Weevil · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Cockchafer
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Snowdrop · Russian-vine · Himalayan Balsam · Peach-leaved Bellflower · Scaly Male-fern +1
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2022
- Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2022
- Dryopteris cambrensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Potato Capsid · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Small Nettle Weevil · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Cockchafer
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Snowdrop · Russian-vine · Himalayan Balsam · Peach-leaved Bellflower · Scaly Male-fern +1
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2022
- Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2022
- Dryopteris cambrensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dryopteris cambrensis2022
Dryopteris cambrensis2022
