Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
57.48274, -3.04322
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
1,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,112 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit · Blackcap · Swift +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspring
2024▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger · Indet. Deer · Hedgehog +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2016
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- Indet. DeerCervidae2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- WildcatFelis silvestris
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2018▾
Common Toad
Southern Hawker · Orange-tip · Black Rustic · Small Wainscot · Lesser Yellow Underwing +20
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
- Black RusticAporophyla nigra2015
- Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2015
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2015
- Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
🌿Plants75 species
springsummer
2021▾
Broad-leaved Dock · Willow · Raspberry · Creeping Buttercup · Creeping Thistle +70
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- WillowSalix
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Alder
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,112 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Meadow Pipit · Blackcap · Swift +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2018
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspring
2024▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Badger · Indet. Deer · Hedgehog +2
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2016
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- Indet. DeerCervidae2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- WildcatFelis silvestris
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2018▾
Common Toad
Southern Hawker · Orange-tip · Black Rustic · Small Wainscot · Lesser Yellow Underwing +20
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
- Black RusticAporophyla nigra2015
- Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2015
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2015
- Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
🌿Plants75 species
springsummer
2021▾
Broad-leaved Dock · Willow · Raspberry · Creeping Buttercup · Creeping Thistle +70
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- WillowSalix
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Alder
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
Red DeerCervus elaphus2016Red DeerCervus elaphus20162015
2015
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2015Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2015Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2015Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2015Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2015Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2015Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2015Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2015Plain ClayEugnorisma depuncta2015Plain ClayEugnorisma depuncta2015Blue-bordered CarpetPlemyria rubiginata2015Blue-bordered CarpetPlemyria rubiginata2015Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2015Barred ChestnutDiarsia dahlii2015Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2015Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2015Northern SpinachEulithis populata2015Northern SpinachEulithis populata2015July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2015July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2015Large EarAmphipoea lucens2015Large EarAmphipoea lucens2015Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2015Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2015Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2015Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2015November MothEpirrita dilutata2015November MothEpirrita dilutata2015Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2015Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2015Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2015Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2015Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2015Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2015Alnus glutinosa
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