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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
🍄Mushroom 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom 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

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 — Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Sickener, False Chanterelle, Umbellifer Mildew +5 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Sickener, False Chanterelle, Umbellifer Mildew +5 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Calcareous grassland — rare invertebrates and orchids; Insects — Black Darter, Common Hawker, Dark Giant Horsefly · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Coast to Coast Walk (Shap to Richmond)Walking route

Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route

Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap)Walking route

Named routeRef C2CNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route

Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route145 m

Named routeRef 68Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 68Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route324 m

Named routeRef 68Length 324 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

4,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

autumnwinter

2025

Little Grebe · Jackdaw · Coot · Common Gull · Tufted Duck +32

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
Common GullLarus canus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
PochardAythya ferina
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
PintailAnas acuta
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

autumnwinter

2025

Little Grebe · Jackdaw · Coot · Common Gull · Tufted Duck +32

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
Common GullLarus canus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
PochardAythya ferina
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
PintailAnas acuta
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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🌱Shap Memorial ParkUrban park3.9 km→⚽Memorial ParkPlaying field3.9 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→✦Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill raceHistoric site4.9 km→✦Shap Stone AlignmentHistoric site4.2 km→✦Bowl barrow on Iron HillHistoric site2.1 km→

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