Round barrow NE of Sheephouse Farm
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.08831, -2.13990
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Wheatear
- ✦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
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Wheatear
- ✦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 — Siskin, Wheatear, Blackcap +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Siskin, Wheatear, Blackcap +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +190 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +69 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Tisbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
The Orange Way in Wiltshire (60)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Siskin · Blackcap · Swallow · Wheatear · Linnet +41
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Emberiza calandra calandraEmberiza calandra calandra
- MagpiePica pica2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Badger · Field Vole +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Polydrusus formosus · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Glow-worm · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Woolly Apple Aphid +4
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Dwarf Thistle · Viper's-bugloss
- Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Siskin · Blackcap · Swallow · Wheatear · Linnet +41
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Emberiza calandra calandraEmberiza calandra calandra
- MagpiePica pica2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Badger · Field Vole +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Polydrusus formosus · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Glow-worm · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Woolly Apple Aphid +4
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Dwarf Thistle · Viper's-bugloss
- Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes20222024
2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022Events & activities nearby
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