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54.86316, -3.30006

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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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, Carrion Crow +93 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, Carrion Crow +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Orange-tip, Green-veined White +12 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Orange-tip, Green-veined White +12 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 72Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 72Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 72Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route671 m

Named routeRef 72Length 671 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route204 m

Named routeRef 72Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,306 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,306 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

springautumn

2025

Pink-footed Goose · Mallard · Little Egret · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +59

Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
CootFulica atra2023
Greenland WheatearOenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa2023
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2023
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
MagpiePica pica2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Common GullLarus canus2020

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2022

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2022

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2023

Top-horned Hunchback

Top-horned HunchbackAcrocera orbiculus

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2025

Snowdrop · Polypody · Great Burnet · Zigzag Clover · Ivy-leaved Crowfoot +1

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
PolypodyPolypodium interjectum x vulgare = P. x mantoniae
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2021
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,306 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

springautumn

2025

Pink-footed Goose · Mallard · Little Egret · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +59

Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
CootFulica atra2023
Greenland WheatearOenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa2023
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2023
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
CurlewNumenius arquata2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
MagpiePica pica2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Common GullLarus canus2020

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2022

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2022

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2023

Top-horned Hunchback

Top-horned HunchbackAcrocera orbiculus

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2025

Snowdrop · Polypody · Great Burnet · Zigzag Clover · Ivy-leaved Crowfoot +1

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
PolypodyPolypodium interjectum x vulgare = P. x mantoniae
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2021
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bob Jenkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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