Hi All.
Me and my wife usually go to the New Forest for 12 days, we go because Wildlife is part of our holidays, with Squirrels, Rabbits, Birds ect running around the site and we get great joy in feeding and photographing them. This year we are going away in March but cannot go the 300 miles to the New Forest (we live in York) because of a Health situation with a loved one, so we have to cut down the distance in case we have to come home early, so we are looking for a site with wildlife somewhere around the Lake District or Cumbria areas, I have spent ages looking at the Camp Site Search but cannot find anything, so I am hoping some of our members can help me, I have a Caravan with Awning so it will have to be a caravan site, any ideas.
Thanks
Regards
Higgins
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Can't think of a site in those areas that will match that kind of wildlife. Some nice sites that are not too far for you are Leekworth at Middleton Teesdale (not far to Cumbria from MT) and Knight Stainforth is at Settle is nice too. At Leekworth if you walk upstream along the river you will see some wildlife, it is very rural and you can hear Owls. The guy in the tent next tent to we was a wildlife spotter and kept going for walks and on returning listing everything that he had spotted, so the wildlife must be around just I didn't see much of it.
You could check out The Quiet Site, Ullswater. There was loads of wildlife on site when we were there; owls hooting and bats flying about above, lots of birds, rabbits etc. I guess you'd get this at plenty of rural sites in this area though. The NT sites may be a good option, the one at Langdale is lovely, but not sure if they take vans... The CCC site at Eskdale is also highly regarded on here, although no first hand experince so not sure on the wildlife.
Wherever you chose to stay, if you're in the lakes, don't miss a visit to see the Osprey at Bassenthwaite - awesome!
Alternately somewhere around Silverdale/ Arnside might suit - it is an AONB and nearby is Leighton Moss RSPB bird reserve and the area is known for the rare bittern. Hollins Farm sounds nice, on my list of places to stay.
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A wee bit further away than what you are in a position to consider at the moment but maybe one for the future.....
Low Glengyre Farm CL, near Stranraer
The roe deer come to graze on site, a tawny owl perches nearby to begin it's search for food, a glen on your doorstep, barn owls nearby and red squirrels in the glen. Perfect for nature lovers! We don't have many rabbits but hares are plentiful!
have you thought about the kielder area. we went to leaplish park in february it has a caravan part to it, saw rabbits galore and numerous birds they have a squirrel hide with lots of feeders on the trees so you would get some lovely pics of all the birds and the squirrels feeding
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Hi All.
Sorry for the late reply but I have been away for a while. first of all Thank You everybody for your replies to my question, I have made a note of some of these sites because I will be away again in June, We have decided to go for a break at Queensbury Bay Caravan site for the week. mainly to try out a fresh caravan we have bought. so once again Thank you, and Safe Miles to all.
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