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The Brough

📷 Peter Church · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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58.76921, -2.93854

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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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Goldcrest +93 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Goldcrest +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Common Twayblade, Coltsfoot +95 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Common Twayblade, Coltsfoot +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Cryptic Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Bombus lucorum +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cryptic Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Bombus lucorum +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

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

4,888 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,888 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springautumn

2025

Blackbird · Goldcrest · Wren · Woodcock · Chiffchaff +44

BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RavenCorvus corax
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Rock DoveColumba livia
EiderSomateria mollissima
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedshankTringa totanus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great TitParus major
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
GannetMorus bassanus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Black Darter · Common Earwig · Fever Fly · Emerald Damselfly · Sericomyia silentis +2

Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Blue-tailed Damselfly

🌿

Plants21 species

summer

2025

Lady's Bedstraw · Meadowsweet · Bog Asphodel · Devil's-bit Scabious · Marsh Lousewort +16

Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Red CloverTrifolium pratense

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,888 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

springautumn

2025

Blackbird · Goldcrest · Wren · Woodcock · Chiffchaff +44

BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RavenCorvus corax
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CurlewNumenius arquata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Rock DoveColumba livia
EiderSomateria mollissima
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedshankTringa totanus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great TitParus major
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
GannetMorus bassanus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Black Darter · Common Earwig · Fever Fly · Emerald Damselfly · Sericomyia silentis +2

Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Blue-tailed Damselfly

🌿

Plants21 species

summer

2025

Lady's Bedstraw · Meadowsweet · Bog Asphodel · Devil's-bit Scabious · Marsh Lousewort +16

Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Red CloverTrifolium pratense

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Peter Church · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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