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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Teal
✦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

🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Teal
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Teal, Mallard +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Teal, Mallard +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Black Darter, Broad Damselbug, Blue-tailed Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Black Darter, Broad Damselbug, Blue-tailed Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Bogbean, Wavy Bitter-cress +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Bogbean, Wavy Bitter-cress +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,594 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,594 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds83 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mute Swan · Teal · Mallard · Lapwing · Greylag Goose +78

Mute SwanCygnus olor
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WigeonMareca penelope
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedshankTringa totanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
BuzzardButeo buteo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CootFulica atra
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2020
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
House MartinDelichon urbicum
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
PochardAythya ferina2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2020
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2020
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2020
American WigeonMareca americana2020
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2020
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2019
WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
MerlinFalco columbarius2018

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Otter · Stoat · Rabbit

Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2021
StoatMustela erminea2019
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018

🐝

Insects10 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Admiral · Black Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Broad Damselbug +5

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2018

🌿

Plants77 species

summer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Tufted Vetch · Glaucous Sedge · Field Horsetail +72

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2017
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2017
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2023
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolorViola tricolor subsp. tricolor2022
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2022
Magellan RagwortSenecio smithii2021
CleaversGalium aparine2017
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2017
Common ChickweedStellaria media2017
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2017
Common CouchElymus repens2017
Rumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispus2017
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2017
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2017
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2017
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2017
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2017
DandelionTaraxacum2017
ThriftArmeria maritima2017
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2017
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017
Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2017
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2017
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2017
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2017
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2017
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2017
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2017
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2017
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2017
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2017
Red FescueFestuca rubra2017
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2017
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Hybrid MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsii2017
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2017
Rhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllusRhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllus2017
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2017
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2017
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2017
Red CampionSilene dioica2017
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2017
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2017
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2017
Common NettleUrtica dioica2017
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2017
CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum2017
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2017
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2017
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017
Mat-grassNardus stricta2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,594 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds83 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Mute Swan · Teal · Mallard · Lapwing · Greylag Goose +78

Mute SwanCygnus olor
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WigeonMareca penelope
Common GullLarus canus
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedshankTringa totanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
BuzzardButeo buteo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CootFulica atra
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2020
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
House MartinDelichon urbicum
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
PochardAythya ferina2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2020
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2020
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2020
American WigeonMareca americana2020
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2020
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2020
GoosanderMergus merganser2020
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2019
WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
MerlinFalco columbarius2018

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Otter · Stoat · Rabbit

Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2021
StoatMustela erminea2019
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018

🐝

Insects10 species

summerautumn

2025

Red Admiral · Black Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Broad Damselbug +5

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2018

🌿

Plants77 species

summer

2025

Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Tufted Vetch · Glaucous Sedge · Field Horsetail +72

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2017
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2017
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2017
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2017
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2017
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2023
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolorViola tricolor subsp. tricolor2022
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2022
Magellan RagwortSenecio smithii2021
CleaversGalium aparine2017
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2017
Common ChickweedStellaria media2017
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2017
Common CouchElymus repens2017
Rumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispus2017
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2017
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2017
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2017
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2017
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2017
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2017
DandelionTaraxacum2017
ThriftArmeria maritima2017
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2017
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017
Common Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia maritima2017
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2017
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2017
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2017
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2017
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2017
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2017
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2017
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2017
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2017
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2017
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2017
Red FescueFestuca rubra2017
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2017
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2017
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2017
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2017
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2017
Hybrid MonkeyflowerErythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsii2017
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2017
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2017
Rhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllusRhinanthus minor subsp. stenophyllus2017
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2017
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2017
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2017
Red CampionSilene dioica2017
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2017
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2017
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2017
Common NettleUrtica dioica2017
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2017
Wild RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum2017
CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum2017
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2017
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2017
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2017
Mat-grassNardus stricta2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Medcalf · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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