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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.81034, -4.62651
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦29+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦29+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Blue Tit +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Blue Tit +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Elmis aenea, Black flies, Limnius volckmari +137 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Ash, Soft-rush +136 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Landsker Borderlands TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
Guest House, Holy Cross Abbey
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,094 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,094 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blackbird · Swift · Goldfinch
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Common Cockchafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dandelion · Ash · Soft-rush · Hogweed · Bramble +103
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,094 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blackbird · Swift · Goldfinch
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Common Cockchafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dandelion · Ash · Soft-rush · Hogweed · Bramble +103
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- CleaversGalium aparine2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hazel
Hazel
Corylus avellana2025
Corylus avellana2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025GorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Yellowish Fork-mossDichodontium flavescens2025Yellowish Fork-mossDichodontium flavescens2025Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2025Greater Water-mossFontinalis antipyretica2025Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2025Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum2025Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum2025Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2025Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025Cladophora glomerata/Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicumCladophora glomerata/Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum2025Cladophora glomerata/Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicumCladophora glomerata/Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum2025Hildenbrandia rivularisHildenbrandia rivularis2025Hildenbrandia rivularisHildenbrandia rivularis2025Jagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfolia2025Jagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfolia2025FissidensFissidens2025FissidensFissidens2025Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025Fountain Feather-mossHygroamblystegium tenax2025Fountain Feather-mossHygroamblystegium tenax2025Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)2025Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)Ranunculus spp. (water-crowfoots)2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2025Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2025Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2025Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2025Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2025Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Bitter-CressCardamine2025Bitter-CressCardamine2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Toad RushJuncus bufonius2025Toad RushJuncus bufonius2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Oval SedgeCarex leporina2025Oval SedgeCarex leporina2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025OakQuercus2025OakQuercus2025Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2025Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2025PolypodiumPolypodium2025PolypodiumPolypodium2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Events & activities nearby
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