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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.12484, -2.58777
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 125m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 125m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +117 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Valerian, Foxglove, Yellow-rattle +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Bentham Bike LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Site for new housing, Wennington
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
5,548 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,548 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Greylag Goose +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral +10
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
🌿Plants23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Valerian · Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Japanese Knotweed · Bittersweet +18
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,548 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Moorhen · Mallard · Greylag Goose +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral +10
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
🌿Plants23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Valerian · Foxglove · Yellow-rattle · Japanese Knotweed · Bittersweet +18
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022PeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioCommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023BetonyBetonica officinalis2023BetonyBetonica officinalis2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023HopHumulus lupulus2022HopHumulus lupulus2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022Events & activities nearby
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