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Stantling Loan medieval shieling

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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
  • 🍄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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Stinking Parachute, Pale Stagshorn, crotail rèin-fhèidh +54 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Stinking Parachute, Pale Stagshorn, crotail rèin-fhèidh +54 more · last seen 2016

Varies

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Red Grouse (scotica) +38 more · last seen 2024; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Red Bog-moss, Waved Silk-moss +28 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Red Bog-moss, Waved Silk-moss +28 more · last seen 2020

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Peacock, Sceptonia fumipes, Emperor Moth · last seen 2011; Insects — Peacock, Sceptonia fumipes, Emperor Moth · last seen 2011

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route14.3 km
Named routeRef 10Length 14.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

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