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Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

📷 Claire Pegrum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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59.11907, -2.95819

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Snipe, Redshank +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Snipe, Redshank +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lesser Trefoil, Common Fumitory, Wild Thyme +19 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lesser Trefoil, Common Fumitory, Wild Thyme +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Kabatia periclymeni, Phacidium lauri · last seen 2022; Fungi — Kabatia periclymeni, Phacidium lauri · last seen 2022

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,321 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,321 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Short-eared Owl · Long-tailed Duck · Red-throated Diver · Greylag Goose · Curlew +53

Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
GannetMorus bassanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
CorncrakeCrex crex
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RavenCorvus corax2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
TealAnas crecca2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker · Great Yellow Bumblebee

Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024

🌿

Plants22 species

summer

2025

Lesser Trefoil · Sun Spurge · Bugloss · Wall Speedwell · Wild Pansy +17

Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Wild PansyViola tricolor
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Purple Ramping-fumitoryFumaria purpurea
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,321 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2025

Short-eared Owl · Long-tailed Duck · Red-throated Diver · Greylag Goose · Curlew +53

Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
GannetMorus bassanus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
CorncrakeCrex crex
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RavenCorvus corax2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
TealAnas crecca2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker · Great Yellow Bumblebee

Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024

🌿

Plants22 species

summer

2025

Lesser Trefoil · Sun Spurge · Bugloss · Wall Speedwell · Wild Pansy +17

Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Wild PansyViola tricolor
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Purple Ramping-fumitoryFumaria purpurea
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Claire Pegrum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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