Round cairn, 1.2km NNW of Ferneyrigg
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Getting here
55.15737, -2.06923
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Merlin, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit +75 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Merlin, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit +75 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Heath, Green-veined White +26 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Thistle, Creeping Buttercup, Ribwort Plantain +192 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.6 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route435 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 435 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2025▾
Merlin · Mallard · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Wren +34
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- CootFulica atra2021
Badger
Adder
Ringlet · Small Skipper · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary · Small Tortoiseshell · Small Heath +12
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Southern Hawker
Wild Thyme · Cranberry · Rigid Bog-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Neat Feather-moss +72
- Wild ThymeThymus drucei
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
- Girgensohn's Bog-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,698 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2025▾
Merlin · Mallard · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Wren +34
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- CootFulica atra2021
Badger
Adder
Ringlet · Small Skipper · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary · Small Tortoiseshell · Small Heath +12
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Southern Hawker
Wild Thyme · Cranberry · Rigid Bog-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Neat Feather-moss +72
- Wild ThymeThymus drucei
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
- Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
- Girgensohn's Bog-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna cyanea
Aeshna cyanea
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Sphagnum girgensohnii
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