Thorn Barrow 520m south east of Coop, in Highermoor Plantations
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.73953, -4.24325
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Robin, Blackbird, Nuthatch +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Nuthatch +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sharp-flowered Rush, Bramble, Yorkshire-fog +241 more · last seen 2018
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Packhorse TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCPLocal walking route
Photos
Flooded wood near Thorn Barrow
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,239 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Coal Tit · Robin · Crossbill · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +36
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2022▾
Otter · Red Deer · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Red Admiral · Ringlet · Speckled Wood · Peacock · Gatekeeper +16
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Many-stalked Spike-rush · Pale Butterwort · Selfheal · Prickly Sow-thistle · Gorse +2
- Many-stalked Spike-rushEleocharis multicaulis
- Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Coal Tit · Robin · Crossbill · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +36
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2022▾
Otter · Red Deer · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Red Admiral · Ringlet · Speckled Wood · Peacock · Gatekeeper +16
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Many-stalked Spike-rush · Pale Butterwort · Selfheal · Prickly Sow-thistle · Gorse +2
- Many-stalked Spike-rushEleocharis multicaulis
- Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019HornetVespa crabro2019HornetVespa crabro2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Events & activities nearby
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