Animal pound 90m ENE of Pound Cot
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.68290, -4.53625
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Starling
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Starling
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Starling, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Starling, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood +21 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Bluebell, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · last seen 2017
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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21 signed routes nearby
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Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
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National Cycle Network Route 327Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route3.2 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 304Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,137 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,137 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Redwing · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin +36
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- SwiftApus apus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Wood Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Pygmy Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2021
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Intermediate Polypody · Dandelion · Wavy Bitter-cress · Common Knapweed · Cow Parsley +74
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,137 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Redwing · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin +36
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- SwiftApus apus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Wood Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Pygmy Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2021
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Intermediate Polypody · Dandelion · Wavy Bitter-cress · Common Knapweed · Cow Parsley +74
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
