Editing Sizergh (section)

==Estate==
In 1336 a grant from [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] allowed Sir Walter Strickland to enclose the land around Sizergh as his exclusive park.

The estate covers {{convert|647|ha|acre}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/home/item273909/ |title=Sizergh – Visitor information |publisher=National Trust |access-date=3 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111084944/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/home/item273909/ |archive-date=11 November 2012 }}</ref>

===Biodiversity===

There are various types of habitat on the estate. For example, in 2014 it was reported that 35 [[Hectare|ha]] of wetland habitat was being created in the [[Lyth Valley]] on the western edge of the estate. The project received funding from [[Natural England]] as part of a [[Environmental stewardship (England)|higher level stewardship scheme]]. It is hoped to attract [[Eurasian bittern|bittern]] and other wildlife.<ref name="WG">{{cite news | url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/farm_and_country/11541212.Park_End_Moss_aims_to_bring_wildlife_flooding_in/ |title=Park End Moss aims to bring wildlife flooding in | newspaper=[[Westmorland Gazette]] |date=16 October 2014 |access-date=21 November 2014 |last=Dickinson |first=Katie}}</ref>

Sizergh has received support from the Morecambe Bay [[Nature Improvement Area]] which was launched in 2012. It received three years of government grant funding (2012–15). Projects continue under the auspices of the Morecambe Bay Partnership, a registered charity.<ref name="LNP" />

====Birds====
The Sizergh estate is a good place to see birds. For example, [[hawfinch]]es are attracted to [[Carpinus betulus|hornbeam]] trees around the main car park, and despite being a shy species can often be seen there in the spring.<ref name="wildlife">{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sizergh/features/wildlife-at-sizergh |title=Wildlife at Sizergh |publisher=National Trust |access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="LNP">{{cite web | url=http://www.morecambebaynature.org.uk/hawfinch-recovery-project | title=Hawfinch recovery project | publisher=Morecambe Bay Local Nature Partnership | access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>

====Butterflies====
[[Argynnis|Fritillary butterflies]] (including [[pearl-bordered fritillary|pearl-bordered]] and [[high brown fritillary]]) live on the estate.<ref name="wildlife" />

===Sizergh Fell===
'''Sizergh Fell''' is a hill of {{cvt|123|m}}, about {{cvt |1|km}} south-west of the castle. It is classified by the [[Database of British and Irish Hills]] as a [[Tump (hill)|Tump]] (Thirty and Upwards Metres Prominence).<ref>{{cite web |title=Sizergh Fell |url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?rf=16288 |website=Hill Bagging |access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref> It has been suggested that a group of stones on the fell form the remains of a stone circle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sizergh Fell Stone Circle |url=https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=54190 |publisher=Megalithic Portal |access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>