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▾ 🐦 78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit 🌿 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
🐦 78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit 🌿 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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Swallow +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Swallow +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Carder Bee, Heart & Dart +130 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Carder Bee, Heart & Dart +130 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Common Valerian, Himalayan Balsam +36 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Common Valerian, Himalayan Balsam +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Bentham Heritage Trail A Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Local walking route
Show on map Lune Valley Ramble Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Bentham Heritage Trail C Walking route 9 km ▾
Named route Length 9 km Local walking route
Show on map Bentham Heritage Trail B Walking route 5 km ▾
Named route Length 5 km Local walking route
Show on map 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 90 Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway Trans-Pennine Spur Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 69 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 69 National Cycle Network
Show on map Way of the Roses Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref WoR National Cycle Network
Show on map Bentham Bike Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cumbria Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,792 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,792 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Robin · Great Tit +45
Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2020 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2020 Robin Erithacus rubecula2020 Great Tit Parus major2020 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2020 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Swift Apus apus2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2021 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2020 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2020 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2020 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2020 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2020 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2020 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn winter
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Roe Deer
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Otter Lutra lutra Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Southern Hawker · Tree Bumblebee +6
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2020 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Bumblebee Bombus 🌿 Plants 24 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Valerian · Cuckooflower · Japanese Knotweed · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +19
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis2023 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2022 Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,792 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Robin · Great Tit +45
Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2020 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2020 Robin Erithacus rubecula2020 Great Tit Parus major2020 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2020 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Swift Apus apus2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2021 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2020 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2020 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2020 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2020 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2020 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2020 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn winter
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Roe Deer
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Otter Lutra lutra Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 11 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Southern Hawker · Tree Bumblebee +6
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2020 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Bumblebee Bombus 🌿 Plants 24 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Valerian · Cuckooflower · Japanese Knotweed · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +19
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis2023 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023 Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2022 Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2022
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2020
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2020 Common Butterwort
Common Butterwort
Pinguicula vulgaris2024
Pinguicula vulgaris2024
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2024
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2024
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2023
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2023
Greater Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella major2023
Greater Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella major2023
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2023
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2023
Betony Betonica officinalis2023
Betony Betonica officinalis2023
Giant Bellflower Campanula latifolia2023
Giant Bellflower Campanula latifolia2023
Black Bryony Tamus communis2023
Black Bryony Tamus communis2023
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2023
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2023
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2023
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2023
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2023
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2023
Hop Humulus lupulus2022
Hop Humulus lupulus2022
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2022
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2022
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2022
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2022
Californian Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata2022
Californian Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata2022
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum2022
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum2022
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2020
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2020
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2020
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2020
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2020
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2020 