Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
- ✦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 — Robin, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Syritta pipiens +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Honesty, Himalayan Balsam +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
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Barrock Fell triangulation pillar on edge of Greatbarrock Wood
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Wildlife to spot
1,707 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,707 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Swallow · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Common Gull +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- GullsLaridae2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Mole · Stoat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2019▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syritta pipiens · Vine Weevil · Lily Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly +4
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2021
- Eristalis tenax
Snowdrop · Honesty · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Nettle · Cleavers +140
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
- HonestyLunaria annua
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
- Elder
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,707 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Swallow · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Common Gull +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- GullsLaridae2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Mole · Stoat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2019▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syritta pipiens · Vine Weevil · Lily Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly +4
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2021
- Eristalis tenax
Snowdrop · Honesty · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Nettle · Cleavers +140
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
- HonestyLunaria annua
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
- Elder
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax2021
Eristalis tenax2021
Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2021Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2021CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Dor BeetleGeotrupes2019Dor BeetleGeotrupes2019Sambucus nigra2022
Sambucus nigra2022
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestreReflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestreHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaRed CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2022Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2022Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2022Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2022False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022OakQuercus2022OakQuercus2022Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2022Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2022Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2022RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2022LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2022Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022DandelionTaraxacum2022DandelionTaraxacum2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022HawkweedHieracium2022HawkweedHieracium2022RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2022American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2022Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2022Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2022Common CouchElymus repens2022Common CouchElymus repens2022Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022Red CampionSilene dioica2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum2022Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2022Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2022White Dead-nettleLamium album2022White Dead-nettleLamium album2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022Pyrenean LilyLilium pyrenaicum2022Pyrenean LilyLilium pyrenaicum2022Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2022Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022HeatherCalluna vulgaris2022HeatherCalluna vulgaris2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022HazelCorylus avellana2022HazelCorylus avellana2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2022Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Corn MintMentha arvensis2022Corn MintMentha arvensis2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2022Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2022Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Rosa mollisRosa mollis2022Rosa mollisRosa mollis2022Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2022Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2022Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2022Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2022Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2022Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2022Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2022Common DuckweedLemna minor2022Common DuckweedLemna minor2022Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2022Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum2022Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2022Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022BoxBuxus sempervirens2022BoxBuxus sempervirens2022Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2022HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2022Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2022Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2022GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2022Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019