Two defended settlements, 200m north of Gallowshaw
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
55.20778, -1.81815
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🍄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
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Salmon Salad, Common Puffball, Razor Strop Fungus +22 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Xylota segnis +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Gorse, Cleavers, Selfheal +301 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,728 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,728 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Swallow · Mallard +11
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BeaverCastor fiber
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Carder Bee · Xylota segnis · Volucella pellucens +48
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Salmon Salad
- Salmon SaladGuepinia helvelloides
🌿Plants66 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Gorse · Primrose · Cleavers · Remote Sedge · Sweet Cicely +61
- GorseUlex europaeus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
- Wood Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,728 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Swallow · Mallard +11
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BeaverCastor fiber
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Carder Bee · Xylota segnis · Volucella pellucens +48
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Salmon Salad
- Salmon SaladGuepinia helvelloides
🌿Plants66 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Gorse · Primrose · Cleavers · Remote Sedge · Sweet Cicely +61
- GorseUlex europaeus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
- Wood Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
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Veronica montana
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumBearded CouchElymus caninusBearded CouchElymus caninusHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumWoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumMarsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosaMarsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosaTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusHarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024DockRumex2024DockRumex2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2024Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2024Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2024Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis2024Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024RhododendronRhododendron2024RhododendronRhododendron2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2024Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2023Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2023SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2023White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Events & activities nearby
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