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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.15748, -2.48267
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Cercopis vulnerata +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST OSWALD; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Common Smoothcap, Creeping Thistle +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Bentham Heritage Trail AWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmLocal walking route
Dales High WayWalking route145 km▾
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Bentham Heritage Trail CWalking route9 km▾
Named routeLength 9 kmLocal walking route
Bentham Heritage Trail BWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Ingleton Waterfalls TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Bentham Bike LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route215 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 215 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route234 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 234 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Oswald's Church, Thornton in Lonsdale
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Wildlife to spot
16,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +40
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Limnophora olympiae · 10-spot Ladybird · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Limnophora olympiaeLimnophora olympiae
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
🌿Plants38 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Creeping Thistle · Maidenhair Pocket-moss · Blueish Veilwort +33
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +40
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Limnophora olympiae · 10-spot Ladybird · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Limnophora olympiaeLimnophora olympiae
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
🌿Plants38 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Creeping Thistle · Maidenhair Pocket-moss · Blueish Veilwort +33
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas