Animal pound and enclosure 220m and 120m south west of High Marks Barn
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.35963, -3.77874
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
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Wildlife to spot
2,687 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,687 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Dipper · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Common Shrew · Pygmy Shrew +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2023
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
Vine Weevil · Tortoise Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Vincenzellus ruficollis · Face Fly +2
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Vincenzellus ruficollisVincenzellus ruficollis
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,687 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Dipper · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Common Shrew · Pygmy Shrew +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2023
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
Vine Weevil · Tortoise Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Vincenzellus ruficollis · Face Fly +2
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Vincenzellus ruficollisVincenzellus ruficollis
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros2023
Rhinolophus hipposideros2023
Bloody-nosed Beetle
Bloody-nosed Beetle
Timarcha tenebricosa2023
Timarcha tenebricosa2023