Romano-British farmstead 1.4km north-west of Ferneyrigg
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.15078, -2.08469
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Merlin +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Merlin +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Heath, Ringlet, Small Skipper +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh Violet, Meadow Vetchling, Bilberry +232 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Homestead, Middlerigg Burn
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,010 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,010 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Carrion Crow · Wren · Chaffinch +41
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Red Fox
Small Heath · Peacock · Ringlet · Small Skipper · Red Admiral +27
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Pointed Spear-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Chalk Comb-moss · Golden-head Moss · Hare's-tail Cottongrass +11
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
- Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
- Blunt-leaved Bog-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,010 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Carrion Crow · Wren · Chaffinch +41
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Red Fox
Small Heath · Peacock · Ringlet · Small Skipper · Red Admiral +27
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Pointed Spear-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Chalk Comb-moss · Golden-head Moss · Hare's-tail Cottongrass +11
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
- Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
- Blunt-leaved Bog-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Common HawkerAeshna junceaCommon HawkerAeshna junceaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2023Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2022Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2022Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2022Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2022Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2022Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2022Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2022Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2022Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2022Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2022Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022SyrphusSyrphus2022SyrphusSyrphus2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2022Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2022Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata2022Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata2022Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Sphagnum palustre
Sphagnum palustre
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusWild ThymeThymus druceiWild ThymeThymus druceiBottle SedgeCarex rostrataBottle SedgeCarex rostrataMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensRed Bog-mossSphagnum rubellumRed Bog-mossSphagnum rubellumCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022Events & activities nearby
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