Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.11900, -2.60456
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +106 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST JAMES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Valerian, Foxglove, Yellow-rattle +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Bentham Bike LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,699 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,699 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWhooper Swan · Woodpigeon · Pied Flycatcher · Swallow · House Martin +40
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell +11
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🌿Plants20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Valerian · Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Bittersweet · Pignut +15
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- PignutConopodium majus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,699 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWhooper Swan · Woodpigeon · Pied Flycatcher · Swallow · House Martin +40
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell +11
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🌿Plants20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Valerian · Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Bittersweet · Pignut +15
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- PignutConopodium majus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumPeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2024Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Lords-and-Ladies
Lords-and-Ladies
Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024ButterburPetasites hybridus2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024Dark-red HelleborineEpipactis atrorubens2024Dark-red HelleborineEpipactis atrorubens2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023BetonyBetonica officinalis2023BetonyBetonica officinalis2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023Events & activities nearby
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