Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.60683, -4.66772
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ✦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 — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Ringlet +162 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Japanese Knotweed, Glaucous Crystalwort +28 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
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Photos
Prehistoric platform cairns south-east of Moorgate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,051 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,051 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie +41
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Deer +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Dock Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Scaeva pyrastri +47
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,051 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie +41
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Deer +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Dock Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Scaeva pyrastri +47
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2024Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2024Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2024Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2024Zavrelimyia nubilaZavrelimyia nubila2025Zavrelimyia nubilaZavrelimyia nubila2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2025Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2025Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi2025Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi2025Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica2025Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2025Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Orange-bearded BluebottleCalliphora vomitoria2025Orange-bearded BluebottleCalliphora vomitoria2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2024Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2024Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2024Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2024Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2024Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Events & activities nearby
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