Sandy Brow Romano-British settlement
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.81690, -3.07963
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- ✦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 — Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan +58 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan +58 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Marmalade Hoverfly +53 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Red Clover, Common Sorrel +85 more · last seen 2023
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Teal · Grey Heron +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Graphopsocus cruciatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Empis tessellata · 7-spot Ladybird +9
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Snowdrop · White Poplar · Wood Horsetail · Guelder-rose · Diels' Cotoneaster +57
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024
- White PoplarPopulus alba
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
- Diels' CotoneasterCotoneaster dielsianus2024
- Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Teal · Grey Heron +15
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Graphopsocus cruciatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Empis tessellata · 7-spot Ladybird +9
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Snowdrop · White Poplar · Wood Horsetail · Guelder-rose · Diels' Cotoneaster +57
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024
- White PoplarPopulus alba
- Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
- Diels' CotoneasterCotoneaster dielsianus2024
- Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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