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Shepherds' Cairn

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Swallow, Pheasant +63 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Chaffinch, Swallow, Pheasant +63 more · last seen 2024

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Dark Crottle, Melanelixia fuliginosa, Acarospora fuscata +19 more · last seen 2012; Fungi — Dark Crottle, Melanelixia fuliginosa, Acarospora fuscata +19 more · last seen 2012

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Pellia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha, Notched Pouchwort · last seen 2015; Plants — Pellia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha, Notched Pouchwort · last seen 2015

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route21 m

Named routeRef 68Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10.2 km

Named routeRef 68Length 10.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 68Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route6.1 km

Named routeRef 68Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2024

Chaffinch · Skylark · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon · Curlew +49

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
DipperCinclus cinclus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
RavenCorvus corax
SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
GoosanderMergus merganser
JayGarrulus glandarius
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummer

2022

Roe Deer · Stoat · Brown Hare · Rabbit

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
StoatMustela erminea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2019

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2024

Chaffinch · Skylark · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon · Curlew +49

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
DipperCinclus cinclus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
RavenCorvus corax
SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
GoosanderMergus merganser
JayGarrulus glandarius
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummer

2022

Roe Deer · Stoat · Brown Hare · Rabbit

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
StoatMustela erminea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2019

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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