Round barrow on Roosthitchen
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Getting here
51.14631, -3.82858
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Stonechat
- 🍄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
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Stonechat
- 🍄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 — Kestrel, Stonechat, Wheatear +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Kestrel, Stonechat, Wheatear +47 more · last seen 2025; Fragmented heath priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crimson Waxcap, Meadow Waxcap, Golden Spindles +19 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell +115 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Lesser Spearwort, Velvet Bent +118 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN 3 to NCN 51 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,931 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,931 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Corvus corax corax · Swallow · Wheatear · Blackbird +11
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Violet Ground Beetle
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Marsh Pennywort · Common Yellow-sedge · English Sticky Eyebright · Marsh-bedstraw · Tormentil +133
- Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
- English Sticky EyebrightEuphrasia officinalis subsp. anglica
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Elder
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,931 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Corvus corax corax · Swallow · Wheatear · Blackbird +11
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Violet Ground Beetle
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Marsh Pennywort · Common Yellow-sedge · English Sticky Eyebright · Marsh-bedstraw · Tormentil +133
- Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
- English Sticky EyebrightEuphrasia officinalis subsp. anglica
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Elder
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus nigra
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisGreen-ribbed SedgeCarex binervisSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustrePerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaMat-grassNardus strictaMat-grassNardus strictaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisBog StitchwortStellaria alsineBog StitchwortStellaria alsineSheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovinaSheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovinaCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraStar SedgeCarex echinataStar SedgeCarex echinataYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumBristle Club-rushIsolepis setaceaBristle Club-rushIsolepis setaceaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaScaly Male-fernDryopteris affinisScaly Male-fernDryopteris affinisOval SedgeCarex leporinaOval SedgeCarex leporinaLemon-scented FernOreopteris limbospermaLemon-scented FernOreopteris limbospermaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaHeath RushJuncus squarrosusHeath RushJuncus squarrosusFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumBog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragumLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaHeath-grassDanthonia decumbensHeath-grassDanthonia decumbensHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileIvy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederaceaIvy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederaceaGarden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollisGarden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollisRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusWestern GorseUlex galliiWestern GorseUlex galliiCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataMarsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellataDryopteris cambrensisDryopteris cambrensisDryopteris cambrensisDryopteris cambrensisField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congestaHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantLittle Kneeling EyebrightEuphrasia confusaLittle Kneeling EyebrightEuphrasia confusaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraEuphrasia arctica x confusaEuphrasia arctica x confusaEuphrasia arctica x confusaEuphrasia arctica x confusaDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansHeath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifoliaHeath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifoliaCorn MintMentha arvensisCorn MintMentha arvensisCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusPolypodyPolypodium vulgarePolypodyPolypodium vulgareLuzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multifloraWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaMarsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisCommon Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahitCommon Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahitMarsh St John's-wortHypericum elodesMarsh St John's-wortHypericum elodesLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaVelvet BentAgrostis caninaVelvet BentAgrostis caninaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumHybrid MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsiiHybrid MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsiiHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaHeath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculataHeath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculataSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCreeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secundaCreeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secundaAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensLesser SkullcapScutellaria minorLesser SkullcapScutellaria minorBottle SedgeCarex rostrataBottle SedgeCarex rostrataRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensPedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvaticaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvaticaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvaticaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvaticaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusMany-stalked Spike-rushEleocharis multicaulisMany-stalked Spike-rushEleocharis multicaulisKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumEvents & activities nearby
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