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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.20801, -2.49331
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Rook
- ✦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
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Rook
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wheatear, Rook, Kestrel +33 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Wheatear, Rook, Kestrel +33 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wavy Hair-Grass, Hare's-tail Cottongrass, Bilberry +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Contacyphon variabilis, Agonum fuliginosum, Anoplotrupes stercorosus · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingleton Waterfalls TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route13.7 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 13.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Dark skies over the Three Men of Gragareth
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,722 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,722 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wheatear · Rook · Kestrel · Cuckoo · Meadow Pipit +31
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Whiskered/Brandt's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat +1
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Contacyphon variabilis · Agonum fuliginosum · Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Contacyphon variabilisContacyphon variabilis
- Agonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosum
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Wavy Hair-Grass · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Bilberry · Heath Bedstraw · Mat-grass +20
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2024
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,722 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wheatear · Rook · Kestrel · Cuckoo · Meadow Pipit +31
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Whiskered/Brandt's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat +1
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Contacyphon variabilis · Agonum fuliginosum · Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Contacyphon variabilisContacyphon variabilis
- Agonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosum
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Wavy Hair-Grass · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Bilberry · Heath Bedstraw · Mat-grass +20
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
- Mat-grassNardus stricta2024
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
2024
2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2024CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2024Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2024Common SedgeCarex nigra2024Common SedgeCarex nigra2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2025Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2025Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2025Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2025Wild ThymeThymus drucei2025Wild ThymeThymus drucei2025Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2024Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2024Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2024Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2024Mossy SaxifrageSaxifraga hypnoides2024Mossy SaxifrageSaxifraga hypnoides2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024BaneberryActaea spicata2024BaneberryActaea spicata2024Narrow-leaved Bitter-cressCardamine impatiens2024Narrow-leaved Bitter-cressCardamine impatiens2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023Events & activities nearby
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