Plan your visit
🦅Birds🍄Fungi🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.47646, -3.49268
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Tufted Duck
- 🍄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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Tufted Duck
- 🍄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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Mallard +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cortinarius caninus, Blue-Girdled Webcap, Slimy Webcap +36 more · last seen 2022
Varies
Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Mallard +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Painted Lady +37 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (John o' Groats)Mountain bike route223.7 km▾
Named routeLength 223.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Victorian Postbox, Achies
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,396 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,396 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Mallard · Goldeneye · Teal +41
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- SmewMergellus albellus2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wild Cat Hybrid · Hedgehog
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
Pterostichus niger · Large Red Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Great Yellow Bumblebee
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2022
🍄Fungi16 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Cortinarius caninus · Psathyrella sphagnicola · Blushing Wood Mushroom · Birch Poisonpie · Blue-Girdled Webcap +11
- Cortinarius caninusCortinarius caninus
- Psathyrella sphagnicolaPsathyrella sphagnicola
- Blushing Wood MushroomAgaricus sylvaticus
- Birch PoisonpieHebeloma leucosarx
- Blue-Girdled WebcapCortinarius collinitus
- Veiled PoisonpieHebeloma mesophaeum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,396 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Mallard · Goldeneye · Teal +41
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- SmewMergellus albellus2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wild Cat Hybrid · Hedgehog
- Wild Cat HybridFelis silvestris x catus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
Pterostichus niger · Large Red Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Great Yellow Bumblebee
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2022
🍄Fungi16 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Cortinarius caninus · Psathyrella sphagnicola · Blushing Wood Mushroom · Birch Poisonpie · Blue-Girdled Webcap +11
- Cortinarius caninusCortinarius caninus
- Psathyrella sphagnicolaPsathyrella sphagnicola
- Blushing Wood MushroomAgaricus sylvaticus
- Birch PoisonpieHebeloma leucosarx
- Blue-Girdled WebcapCortinarius collinitus
- Veiled PoisonpieHebeloma mesophaeum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas