Shilla Hill bastle 350m west of Comb 0 ha
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Bastle house scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Chaffinch 🍄 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
🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Chaffinch 🍄 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 — Great Tit, Chaffinch, Robin +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Chaffinch, Robin +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Oak Moss, Blackening Waxcap, Golden Waxcap +201 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Oak Moss, Blackening Waxcap, Golden Waxcap +201 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Broken-barred Carpet +89 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Broken-barred Carpet +89 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Rigid Bog-moss, Polytrichum commune s.str. +99 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Rigid Bog-moss, Polytrichum commune s.str. +99 more · last seen 2022
Free
Fungi — Chicken Of The Woods, Jelly Tooth, Beech Milkcap +17 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
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Signed route nearby
Reivers' Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 National Cycle Network
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The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
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Named route Ref 686 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 10 Length 1.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Named route Ref 10 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
1,660 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,660 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Swift · Redstart · Raven · Swallow +33
Great Tit Parus major2024 Swift Apus apus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2024 Merlin Falco columbarius2018 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer
2023 ▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pine Marten · Noctule
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Pine Marten Martes martes2019 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2018 Orange-tip · Scorched Wing · Common Pug · Nut-tree Tussock · Foxglove Pug +79
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019 Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria2019 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata2019 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli2019 Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata2019 Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea Golden Waxcap · Spangle Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap
Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophana Spangle Waxcap Hygrocybe insipida Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Northern Marsh-orchid · Rigid Bog-moss · Twisted Bog-moss
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella Rigid Bog-moss Sphagnum teres2020 Twisted Bog-moss Sphagnum contortum2020 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,660 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Swift · Redstart · Raven · Swallow +33
Great Tit Parus major2024 Swift Apus apus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2024 Merlin Falco columbarius2018 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer
2023 ▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pine Marten · Noctule
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Pine Marten Martes martes2019 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2018 Orange-tip · Scorched Wing · Common Pug · Nut-tree Tussock · Foxglove Pug +79
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019 Scorched Wing Plagodis dolabraria2019 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata2019 Nut-tree Tussock Colocasia coryli2019 Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata2019 Brown Rustic Rusina ferruginea Golden Waxcap · Spangle Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap
Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophana Spangle Waxcap Hygrocybe insipida Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Northern Marsh-orchid · Rigid Bog-moss · Twisted Bog-moss
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella Rigid Bog-moss Sphagnum teres2020 Twisted Bog-moss Sphagnum contortum2020 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata2019
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata2019
Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis2019
Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis2019
Broken-barred Carpet Electrophaes corylata2019
Broken-barred Carpet Electrophaes corylata2019
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2019
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2019
Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma2019
Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma2019
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2019
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2019
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata2019
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata2019
Peppered Moth Biston betularia2019
Peppered Moth Biston betularia2019
Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina2019
Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina2019
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata2019
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata2019
Common White Wave Cabera pusaria2019
Common White Wave Cabera pusaria2019
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata2019
Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata2019
Welsh Wave Venusia cambrica2019
Welsh Wave Venusia cambrica2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2020
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2020
Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche pellucidula2019
Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche pellucidula2019
Polycentropus kingi Polycentropus kingi2019
Polycentropus kingi Polycentropus kingi2019
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata2019
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata2019
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata2019
Brown Silver-line Petrophora chlorosata2019
Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata2019
Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata2019
Shears Hada plebeja2019
Shears Hada plebeja2019
Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata2019
Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata2019
Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac2019
Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac2019
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2019
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2019
Grey Pug Eupithecia subfuscata2019
Grey Pug Eupithecia subfuscata2019
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2019
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2019
Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata2019
Tawny-barred Angle Macaria liturata2019
Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia2019
Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia2019
Gold Swift Phymatopus hecta2019
Gold Swift Phymatopus hecta2019
Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata2019
Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Southern Iron Blue Baetis niger2019
Southern Iron Blue Baetis niger2019
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata2017
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata2017
Grey/Dark Dagger Acronicta psi/tridens2017
Grey/Dark Dagger Acronicta psi/tridens2017
Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara2017
Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara2017
Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis2017
Small Clouded Brindle Apamea unanimis2017
Peach Blossom Thyatira batis2017
Peach Blossom Thyatira batis2017
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor2017
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor2017
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2017
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2017
Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina2017
Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina2017
Saxon Hyppa rectilinea2017
Saxon Hyppa rectilinea2017
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2017
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2017
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius2017
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius2017
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria2017
Light Emerald Campaea margaritaria2017
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica2017
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica2017
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2017
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2017
Riband Wave Idaea aversata2017
Riband Wave Idaea aversata2017
Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina2017
Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina2017
Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea2017
Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea2017
Coronet Craniophora ligustri2017
Coronet Craniophora ligustri2017
Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata2017
Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata2017
Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina2017
Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina2017
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata2017
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata2017
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2017
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2017
Dwarf Pug Eupithecia tantillaria2017
Dwarf Pug Eupithecia tantillaria2017
Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica2017
Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica2017
Campion Sideridis rivularis2017
Campion Sideridis rivularis2017
Broom Moth Ceramica pisi2017
Broom Moth Ceramica pisi2017
Miller Acronicta leporina2017
Miller Acronicta leporina2017
Beautiful Carpet Mesoleuca albicillata2017
Beautiful Carpet Mesoleuca albicillata2017
Common Lutestring Ochropacha duplaris2017
Common Lutestring Ochropacha duplaris2017
Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria2017
Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria2017
Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria2017
Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria2017
Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima2017
Small Dotted Buff Photedes minima2017
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata2017
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata2017
Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea2017
Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea2017
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2017
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2017
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula2017
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula2017
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2017
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2017
Spectacle Abrostola tripartita2017
Spectacle Abrostola tripartita2017
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda2017
White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda2017
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2017
True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2017
Bordered White Bupalus piniaria2017
Bordered White Bupalus piniaria2017
Map-winged Swift Korscheltellus fusconebulosa2017
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