Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.68788, -3.30122
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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 Mallard and Moorhen
- 🍄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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- 🍄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 — Mallard, Moorhen, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Roundspored Oysterling, Ochre Brittlegill, Fruity Brittlegill +40 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Hydropsyche siltalai, Sericostoma personatum +109 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Snowdrop, Nuttall's Waterweed +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Allerdale RambleWalking route▾
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Route C2CCycling route▾
C2C off-road sections - no longer NCN
Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
NCN 7 Workington link
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route719 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 719 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,398 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,398 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Oystercatcher · Dunnock · Great Tit · Coal Tit +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Eyed Ladybird
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Wood Anemone · Wild Cherry · Daisy · Rough Horsetail · Wild Strawberry +132
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Rough HorsetailEquisetum hyemale
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,398 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Oystercatcher · Dunnock · Great Tit · Coal Tit +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Eyed Ladybird
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Wood Anemone · Wild Cherry · Daisy · Rough Horsetail · Wild Strawberry +132
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Rough HorsetailEquisetum hyemale
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
