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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
50.79067, -2.44492
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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 Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Wren +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Wren +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Peacock +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Puccinia adoxae · last seen 2011
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
1,279 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,279 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Wren · Swift +39
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2019
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2018
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2023▾
Roe Deer · Badger · House Mouse · Otter · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- House MouseMus musculus2019
- OtterLutra lutra2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Speckled Wood · Common Blue Damselfly +17
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2022
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Dark Mullein · Creeping Thistle · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Garlic Mustard · Daisy +65
- Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,279 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Wren · Swift +39
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2019
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2018
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2023▾
Roe Deer · Badger · House Mouse · Otter · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- House MouseMus musculus2019
- OtterLutra lutra2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Speckled Wood · Common Blue Damselfly +17
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2022
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Dark Mullein · Creeping Thistle · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Garlic Mustard · Daisy +65
- Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas