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Tummer Hill Playing Field

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54.10080, -3.25828

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
⚽Playing fields 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

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Cormorant +92 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Cormorant +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Walney Island

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Walney to Wear Cycle Route

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Walney IslandWalking route

Named routeRef ECPRound tripNational walking route

Furness Haematite TrailWalking route

Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula

Named routeLocal walking route

Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km

Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

71 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km

Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route68 m

Named routeRef 70Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route131 m

Named routeRef 70Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 700Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,434 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,434 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2025

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Redshank · Curlew · Turnstone +49

Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GreenshankTringa nebularia
SwallowHirundo rustica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia
DunlinCalidris alpina
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great TitParus major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
GannetMorus bassanus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

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Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🌿

Plants28 species

summer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Rock Samphire · Field Bindweed · Burnet-saxifrage · Japanese Knotweed +23

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Northern Marsh-orchid

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,434 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

spring

2025

Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Redshank · Curlew · Turnstone +49

Herring GullLarus argentatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GreenshankTringa nebularia
SwallowHirundo rustica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia
DunlinCalidris alpina
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great TitParus major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
GannetMorus bassanus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🌿

Plants28 species

summer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Rock Samphire · Field Bindweed · Burnet-saxifrage · Japanese Knotweed +23

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Northern Marsh-orchid

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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