Roman camp, 250m north-west of Silloans
23 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
55.30015, -2.28133
Open directionsv
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 Swallow and Meadow Pipit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 Swallow and Meadow Pipit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +57 more · last seen 2024; Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Birds — Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +57 more · last seen 2024; Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Green Hairstreak, Garden Tiger · last seen 2019
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Mallrug, Mallryg, Conifer Mazegill, Brown Birch Bolete +103 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dusky Fork-moss, Common Feather-moss, Creeping Fingerwort +33 more · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
632 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
632 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds10 species
springsummer
2024▾
Swallow · Tawny Owl · Lapwing · Magpie · Garden Warbler +5
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MagpiePica pica2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2011
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2011
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2011
- RobinErithacus rubecula2011
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2019▾
Badger · Roe Deer · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2016
- MoleTalpa europaea2014
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2012
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Hairstreak
- Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi
Mallrug, Mallryg · Conifer Mazegill · Small Stagshorn · Birch Brittlegill · Brown Birch Bolete +101
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium
- Small StagshornCalocera cornea
- Birch BrittlegillRussula betularum
- Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
- Bearded MilkcapLactarius pubescens
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Western Earwort · Waved Silk-moss · Bristly Haircap · Trunk Pawwort · Tumid Notchwort +31
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus
- Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Creeping Fingerwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
632 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds10 species
springsummer
2024▾
Swallow · Tawny Owl · Lapwing · Magpie · Garden Warbler +5
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MagpiePica pica2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2011
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2011
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2011
- RobinErithacus rubecula2011
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2011
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2019▾
Badger · Roe Deer · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2016
- MoleTalpa europaea2014
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2012
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Hairstreak
- Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi
Mallrug, Mallryg · Conifer Mazegill · Small Stagshorn · Birch Brittlegill · Brown Birch Bolete +101
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Conifer MazegillGloeophyllum sepiarium
- Small StagshornCalocera cornea
- Birch BrittlegillRussula betularum
- Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
- Bearded MilkcapLactarius pubescens
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Western Earwort · Waved Silk-moss · Bristly Haircap · Trunk Pawwort · Tumid Notchwort +31
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Trunk PawwortOrthocaulis attenuatus
- Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Creeping Fingerwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conicaBlackening WaxcapHygrocybe conicaGreen BrittlegillRussula aerugineaGreen BrittlegillRussula aerugineaCarrot MilkcapLactarius quieticolorCarrot MilkcapLactarius quieticolorCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransTegyll Brau BregysRussula fragilisTegyll Brau BregysRussula fragilisStinking ParachuteMarasmiellus perforansStinking ParachuteMarasmiellus perforansBulbous FibrecapInocybe napipesBulbous FibrecapInocybe napipesBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBracken MapRhopographus filicinusBlue-Girdled WebcapCortinarius collinitusBlue-Girdled WebcapCortinarius collinitusSpotted ToughshankRhodocollybia maculataSpotted ToughshankRhodocollybia maculataCommon BonnetMycena galericulataCommon BonnetMycena galericulataBeechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophilaBeechmast CandlesnuffXylaria carpophilaFalse Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimusFalse Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimusBeechwood SickenerRussula nobilisBeechwood SickenerRussula nobilisHypholoma polytrichiHypholoma polytrichiHypholoma polytrichiHypholoma polytrichiBog BellGalerina paludosaBog BellGalerina paludosaCommon PuffballLycoperdon perlatumCommon PuffballLycoperdon perlatumCap Cŵyr GludiogHygrocybe glutinipesCap Cŵyr GludiogHygrocybe glutinipesWoolly FibrecapInocybe stellatosporaWoolly FibrecapInocybe stellatosporaCollared FibrecapInocybe cincinnataCollared FibrecapInocybe cincinnataVelvet BoleteSuillus variegatusVelvet BoleteSuillus variegatusTagell Binc Sbôr SerogEntoloma conferendumTagell Binc Sbôr SerogEntoloma conferendumTawny GrisetteAmanita fulvaTawny GrisetteAmanita fulvaGlaucous PinkgillEntoloma exileGlaucous PinkgillEntoloma exileGreen ElfcupChlorociboria aeruginascensGreen ElfcupChlorociboria aeruginascensFalse ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiacaFalse ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiacaCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonSerried PorecrustAntrodia serialisSerried PorecrustAntrodia serialisPanaeolus olivaceusPanaeolus olivaceusPanaeolus olivaceusPanaeolus olivaceusEntoloma poliopusEntoloma poliopusEntoloma poliopusEntoloma poliopusWood OysterlingDeconica horizontalisWood OysterlingDeconica horizontalisPhyllachora dactylidisPhyllachora dactylidisPhyllachora dactylidisPhyllachora dactylidisOakbug MilkcapLactarius quietusOakbug MilkcapLactarius quietusAmethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystinaAmethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystinaBirch MilkcapLactarius tabidusBirch MilkcapLactarius tabidusPurple Swamp BrittlegillRussula nitidaPurple Swamp BrittlegillRussula nitidaTagell Binc SidanaiddEntoloma sericeumTagell Binc SidanaiddEntoloma sericeumWatery MilkcapLactarius serifluusWatery MilkcapLactarius serifluusOlive BrownieHypholoma myosotisOlive BrownieHypholoma myosotisSlippery JackSuillus luteusSlippery JackSuillus luteusRussula sanguineaRussula sanguineaRussula sanguineaRussula sanguineaLeptosphaerulina myrtillinaLeptosphaerulina myrtillinaLeptosphaerulina myrtillinaLeptosphaerulina myrtillinaScurfy DeceiverLaccaria proximaScurfy DeceiverLaccaria proximaHoney WaxcapHygrocybe reidiiHoney WaxcapHygrocybe reidiiNitrous BonnetMycena leptocephalaNitrous BonnetMycena leptocephalaMoss BellGalerina hypnorumMoss BellGalerina hypnorumAniseed FunnelClitocybe odoraAniseed FunnelClitocybe odoraBark BonnetPhloeomana speireaBark BonnetPhloeomana speireaHintapink BrittlegillRussula paludosaHintapink BrittlegillRussula paludosaAscodichaena rugosaAscodichaena rugosaAscodichaena rugosaAscodichaena rugosaPrimrose BrittlegillRussula sardoniaPrimrose BrittlegillRussula sardoniaAsteromella sorbicolaAsteromella sorbicolaAsteromella sorbicolaAsteromella sorbicolaAlder BracketMensularia radiataAlder BracketMensularia radiataRoughened PinkgillEntoloma asprellumRoughened PinkgillEntoloma asprellumPurple BrittlegillRussula atropurpureaPurple BrittlegillRussula atropurpureaViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumBeech MilkcapLactarius blenniusBeech MilkcapLactarius blenniusPseudoseptoria stomaticolaPseudoseptoria stomaticolaPseudoseptoria stomaticolaPseudoseptoria stomaticolaAngel's BonnetMycena arcangelianaAngel's BonnetMycena arcangelianaGeranium BrittlegillRussula felleaGeranium BrittlegillRussula felleaRaspberry RustPhragmidium rubi-idaeiRaspberry RustPhragmidium rubi-idaeiPeppery BoleteChalciporus piperatusPeppery BoleteChalciporus piperatusPinkedge BonnetMycena capillaripesPinkedge BonnetMycena capillaripesSphagnum BrownieHypholoma elongatumSphagnum BrownieHypholoma elongatumThe FlirtRussula vescaThe FlirtRussula vescaCoconut MilkcapLactarius glyciosmusCoconut MilkcapLactarius glyciosmusCharmer PinkgillEntoloma serrulatumCharmer PinkgillEntoloma serrulatumDeceiverLaccaria laccataDeceiverLaccaria laccataRussula torulosaRussula torulosaRussula torulosaRussula torulosaLarch BoleteSuillus grevilleiLarch BoleteSuillus grevilleiThe MillerClitopilus prunulusThe MillerClitopilus prunulusAnthracoidea caricisAnthracoidea caricisAnthracoidea caricisAnthracoidea caricisPine Needle SplitLophodermium pinastriPine Needle SplitLophodermium pinastriVeiled PoisonpieHebeloma mesophaeumVeiled PoisonpieHebeloma mesophaeumInocybe putillaInocybe putillaInocybe putillaInocybe putillaSickenerRussula emetica2021SickenerRussula emetica2021Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2021Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2021Galerina styliferaGalerina stylifera2021Galerina styliferaGalerina stylifera2021Root RotHeterobasidion annosum2021Root RotHeterobasidion annosum2021Plums And CustardTricholomopsis rutilans2021Plums And CustardTricholomopsis rutilans2021Dyer's MazegillPhaeolus schweinitzii2021Dyer's MazegillPhaeolus schweinitzii2021Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa2021Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa2021Yellowleg BonnetMycena epipterygia2021Yellowleg BonnetMycena epipterygia2021Bitter BracketPostia stiptica2021Bitter BracketPostia stiptica2021Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum2021Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum2021Phaeoclavulina flaccidaPhaeoclavulina flaccida2021Phaeoclavulina flaccidaPhaeoclavulina flaccida2021Tephrocybe striipileaTephrocybe striipilea2021Tephrocybe striipileaTephrocybe striipilea2021Melampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearum2016Melampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearum2016Alder WrinkleTaphrina tosquinetii2016Alder WrinkleTaphrina tosquinetii2016Peltigera membranaceaPeltigera membranacea2016Peltigera membranaceaPeltigera membranacea2016crotail rèin-fhèidhCladonia portentosa2016crotail rèin-fhèidhCladonia portentosa2016Dark CrottleHypogymnia physodes2016Dark CrottleHypogymnia physodes2016Brown PuffballBovista nigrescens2016Brown PuffballBovista nigrescens2016Mealy FunnelClitocybe vibecina2015Mealy FunnelClitocybe vibecina2015Leafy BrainPhaeotremella foliacea2015Leafy BrainPhaeotremella foliacea2015Platismatia glaucaPlatismatia glauca2013Platismatia glaucaPlatismatia glauca2013Cladonia floerkeanaCladonia floerkeana2013Cladonia floerkeanaCladonia floerkeana2013Usnea subfloridanaUsnea subfloridana2013Usnea subfloridanaUsnea subfloridana2013Iron PorecrustFuscoporia ferrea2013Iron PorecrustFuscoporia ferrea2013Lepidozia reptans
Lepidozia reptans
Dusky Fork-mossDicranum fuscescensDusky Fork-mossDicranum fuscescensFeathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatumFeathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatumPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaPolytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Larger Cut NotchwortTritomaria exsectiformisLarger Cut NotchwortTritomaria exsectiformisBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeBog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustreBog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustreShady EarwortScapania umbrosaShady EarwortScapania umbrosaGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusWhite EarwortDiplophyllum albicansWhite EarwortDiplophyllum albicansNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareCommon PawwortOrthocaulis floerkeiCommon PawwortOrthocaulis floerkeiHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumMatchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatumMatchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatumRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumRock FingerwortLepidozia cupressinaRock FingerwortLepidozia cupressinaPellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucidaPellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucidaGreater WhipwortBazzania trilobataGreater WhipwortBazzania trilobataSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansIsothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroidesEvents & activities nearby
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