Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.87905, -3.04706
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦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, Great Tit, Blue Tit +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus, Rhingia campestris +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST GILES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Hadrian's Cycleway LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
St Giles Church, Great Orton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,850 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Mallard +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Eupeodes corollae · Sericomyia superbiens · Helophilus pendulus · Rhingia campestris · Batman Hoverfly +38
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Meliscaeva cinctella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Mallard +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Eupeodes corollae · Sericomyia superbiens · Helophilus pendulus · Rhingia campestris · Batman Hoverfly +38
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Meliscaeva cinctella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaEristalis horticolaEristalis horticolaEristalis horticolaEristalis horticolaPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusPlatycheirus granditarsusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumXylota sylvarumPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaAgonum muelleriAgonum muelleriAgonum muelleriAgonum muelleriBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisRiponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendensDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusLeucozona glauciaLeucozona glauciaLeucozona glauciaLeucozona glauciaCheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammiDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus venustusDasysyrphus venustusDasysyrphus venustusDasysyrphus venustusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarumScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusEvents & activities nearby
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