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✦Heritage🍄Fungi🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.40158, -1.89732
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦11+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- 🐦11+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Uromyces rumicis, Violet Bramble Rust, Umbellifer Mildew +45 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Reptiles — Adder · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route653 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 653 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route191 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route121 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 121 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route92 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route10.2 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 10.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Whittingham, St. Bartholomew's Church: The churchyard
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Wildlife to spot
3,694 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,694 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff · Merlin +6
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Adder
🍄Fungi48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Uromyces rumicis · Umbellifer Mildew · Violet Bramble Rust · Blushing Bracket · Ash Dieback +43
- Uromyces rumicisUromyces rumicis
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Ash DiebackHymenoscyphus fraxineus
- Erysiphe polygoniErysiphe polygoni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,694 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff · Merlin +6
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Adder
🍄Fungi48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Uromyces rumicis · Umbellifer Mildew · Violet Bramble Rust · Blushing Bracket · Ash Dieback +43
- Uromyces rumicisUromyces rumicis
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Ash DiebackHymenoscyphus fraxineus
- Erysiphe polygoniErysiphe polygoni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas