Blithewood moated site
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.92630, -2.01522
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦27+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Dunnock
- ✦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
- 🐦27+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Dunnock
- ✦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 — House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blue Tit +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blue Tit +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eupeodes corollae, Rhingia campestris, Marmalade Hoverfly +51 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,023 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,023 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
wintersummer
2024▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Dunnock · Robin +20
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2020
Mole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Field Vole +3
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Small White · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +7
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Great Willowherb · Dandelion · Primrose · Reed Canary-grass · Cock's-foot +70
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,023 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
wintersummer
2024▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Dunnock · Robin +20
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2020
Mole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Field Vole +3
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Small White · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +7
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Great Willowherb · Dandelion · Primrose · Reed Canary-grass · Cock's-foot +70
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
OtterLutra lutraOtterLutra lutraBank VoleMyodes glareolus2020Bank VoleMyodes glareolus20202019
2019
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataRingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019IvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGlabrous WhitlowgrassErophila glabrescensGlabrous WhitlowgrassErophila glabrescensPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensHenbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicauleHenbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicauleWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensPoplarPopulusPoplarPopulusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensLarge Bitter-cressCardamine amaraLarge Bitter-cressCardamine amaraCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansEvents & activities nearby
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