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Torrisholme Bowl Barrow

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Dogs welcome

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54.07106, -2.82730

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🌿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

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🌿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

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Shining Crane's-bill, Herb-Robert, Red Clover +90 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Shining Crane's-bill, Herb-Robert, Red Clover +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Hawthorn, Hogweed +11 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lune Valley RambleWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route

Barrow Lanepublic footpath · 288 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 288 mPath type: footway

Barrow Lanepublic footpath · 271 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 271 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

85 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

City LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km

Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

63,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

63,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Feral Cat · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Feral CatFelis catus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🌿

Plants14 species

springautumn

2026

Sea Beet · Sea-purslane · Herb-Robert · Danish Scurvygrass · Narcissus agg. +9

Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

63,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Feral Cat · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Feral CatFelis catus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🌿

Plants14 species

springautumn

2026

Sea Beet · Sea-purslane · Herb-Robert · Danish Scurvygrass · Narcissus agg. +9

Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Sea-purslaneAtriplex portulacoides
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rude Health · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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