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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.38184, -1.67200
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Tricholauxania praeusta, Batman Hoverfly, Hybos culiciformis +165 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Pottia, Herb-Robert, Hemp-agrimony +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wansdyke Path Walking route 13 km ▾
https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/downloads/WPdirections,MborotoSmallgrainSept2020.pdf
https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/downloads/WPdirections,SmallgraintoMboroSept2020.pdf
Named route Length 13 km Local walking route
Show on map White Horse Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WHT Regional walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map Pewsey Vale Circular Walk Walking route ▾
The Pewsey Vale Tourism Partnership has launched a new long-distance walking, cycling and riding route with the Vale of Pewsey at its heart.
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Mid Wilts Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MWW Regional walking route
Show on map 40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire Cycleway Cycling route 155 km ▾
Named route Ref WC Length 155 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 403 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 403 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 482 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 482 National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 450 m ▾
Named route Ref 403 Length 450 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Listed length 207km
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
6,343 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,343 records · National Biodiversity Network Marsh Tit · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin +37
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jay Garrulus glandarius Siskin Spinus spinus Raven Corvus corax Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Redwing Turdus iliacus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dunnock Prunella modularis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea Stock Dove Columba oenas Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Magpie Pica pica Brown Hare · Mole · Hazel Dormouse
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Emperor Dragonfly
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Pottia · Herb-Robert · Beech · Rhododendron · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis +17
Common Pottia Tortula truncata Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Beech Fagus sylvatica Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Crenulated Flapwort Solenostoma gracillimum Mountain Fork-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,343 records · National Biodiversity Network Marsh Tit · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin +37
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jay Garrulus glandarius Siskin Spinus spinus Raven Corvus corax Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Redwing Turdus iliacus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Dunnock Prunella modularis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea Stock Dove Columba oenas Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Magpie Pica pica Brown Hare · Mole · Hazel Dormouse
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Emperor Dragonfly
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Pottia · Herb-Robert · Beech · Rhododendron · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis +17
Common Pottia Tortula truncata Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Beech Fagus sylvatica Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Crenulated Flapwort Solenostoma gracillimum Mountain Fork-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dicranum montanum
Dicranum montanum
Ephemerum serratum Ephemerum serratum
Ephemerum serratum Ephemerum serratum
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Common Frillwort Fossombronia pusilla
Common Frillwort Fossombronia pusilla
Pale Glaucous Thread-moss Pohlia wahlenbergii
Pale Glaucous Thread-moss Pohlia wahlenbergii
Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii
Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii
Tamarisk Scalewort Frullania tamarisci
Tamarisk Scalewort Frullania tamarisci
Dicranella varia Dicranella varia
Dicranella varia Dicranella varia
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha
Delicate Earth-moss Pseudephemerum nitidum
Delicate Earth-moss Pseudephemerum nitidum
Cylindric Ditrichum Trichodon cylindricus
Cylindric Ditrichum Trichodon cylindricus
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga 