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Round barrow in Hull Plantations East

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📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redstart and Kestrel
✦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

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Redstart and Kestrel
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Redstart, Kestrel, Corn Bunting +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Redstart, Kestrel, Corn Bunting +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ferdinandea cuprea, Common Furrow Bee, Syrphus ribesii +210 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Ferdinandea cuprea, Common Furrow Bee, Syrphus ribesii +210 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Field Bindweed, Bluebell · last seen 2019; Plants — Field Bindweed, Bluebell · last seen 2019

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

Diamond WayWalking route106 km

Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

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Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network

Cotswold CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.6 km

Named routeRef 48Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route229 m

Named routeRef 48Length 229 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,796 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,796 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspring

2025

Corn Bunting · Redstart · Stonechat · Kestrel · Whinchat +44

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Great TitParus major2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022

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Mammals3 species

wintersummerautumn

2023

Hedgehog · Mole · Lesser Horseshoe Bat

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MoleTalpa europaea
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2022

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Insects32 species

summerautumn

2023

Ferdinandea cuprea · Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · White-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +27

Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
White-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucopus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Short-horned Yellow-face BeeHylaeus brevicornis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Bellflower Blunthorn BeeMelitta haemorrhoidalis
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne
Eumerus ornatusEumerus ornatus
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Red-tailed Mason BeeOsmia bicolor
Lobe-spurred Furrow BeeLasioglossum pauxillum
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,796 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspring

2025

Corn Bunting · Redstart · Stonechat · Kestrel · Whinchat +44

Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Great TitParus major2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummerautumn

2023

Hedgehog · Mole · Lesser Horseshoe Bat

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MoleTalpa europaea
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2022

🐝

Insects32 species

summerautumn

2023

Ferdinandea cuprea · Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · White-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +27

Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
White-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucopus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Short-horned Yellow-face BeeHylaeus brevicornis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Bellflower Blunthorn BeeMelitta haemorrhoidalis
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne
Eumerus ornatusEumerus ornatus
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Red-tailed Mason BeeOsmia bicolor
Lobe-spurred Furrow BeeLasioglossum pauxillum
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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