Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated features
25 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
54.26025, -0.61558
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Black Medick, Rowan, Sycamore +139 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Cereal crop towards Scamridge Dikes
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,874 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Brambling · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Goldcrest +53
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- SwiftApus apus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pygmy Shrew
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dorhn’s Alder Mining Sawfly · Turnip Tigress · Alder Mandrel · Melinopterus prodromus · Eupeodes corollae +2
- Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum
- Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
🌿Plants2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Feather-moss · Thunberg's Barberry
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Brambling · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Goldcrest +53
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- SwiftApus apus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Pygmy Shrew
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dorhn’s Alder Mining Sawfly · Turnip Tigress · Alder Mandrel · Melinopterus prodromus · Eupeodes corollae +2
- Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum
- Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
🌿Plants2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Feather-moss · Thunberg's Barberry
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Thunberg's BarberryBerberis thunbergii2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2024Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2024Events & activities nearby
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