Two bowl barrows at Moorland Gate
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Getting here
50.93063, -3.99730
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Dunnock
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Dunnock
- ✦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 — Carrion Crow, Dunnock, Robin +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Dunnock, Robin +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hazel Leaf-roller, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Devon Whitebeam, Rowan, Marsh Cudweed +88 more · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Photos
Fields near Folly Goyle Cross
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Starling · Whitethroat · Magpie · Pheasant · Blackbird +46
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MagpiePica pica2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2018
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2016
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- SwiftApus apus2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- NuthatchSitta europaea2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2016
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2016
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
- Barn OwlTyto alba2016
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2015
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2018
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects32 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Leaf-roller · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata +27
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Devon Whitebeam
- Devon WhitebeamSorbus devoniensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,912 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Starling · Whitethroat · Magpie · Pheasant · Blackbird +46
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MagpiePica pica2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2018
- Rock DoveColumba livia2018
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2016
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- SwiftApus apus2018
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
- NuthatchSitta europaea2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2016
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2016
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
- Barn OwlTyto alba2016
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2015
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2018
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects32 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Leaf-roller · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata +27
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Devon Whitebeam
- Devon WhitebeamSorbus devoniensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisLivid SawflyTenthredo lividaLivid SawflyTenthredo lividaWallLasiommata megera2018WallLasiommata megera2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumThistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosaThistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosaStenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianusMeadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataMeadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiEmpis lividaEmpis lividaEmpis lividaEmpis lividaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaMarsh SnipeflyRhagio tringariusMarsh SnipeflyRhagio tringariusa weevilCurculionidaea weevilCurculionidaeSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLead BelleScotopteryx mucronata2015Lead BelleScotopteryx mucronata2015Small Grass EmeraldChlorissa viridata2015Small Grass EmeraldChlorissa viridata2015Events & activities nearby
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