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Bradley mote

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Blue Tit
✦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

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Blue Tit
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Chalk Hill Blue, Marbled White +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Chalk Hill Blue, Marbled White +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Eyebright, Common Cord-moss, Fox-tail Feather-moss +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Eyebright, Common Cord-moss, Fox-tail Feather-moss +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Newark Park Pink TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Newark Park Purple TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 2Walking route8 km

Named routeRef WGR2Length 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

Ellerncroft Roadpublic footpath · 114 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 114 mSurface gravelPath type: service

Ellerncroft Roadpublic footpath · 135 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 135 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Avon CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

30,319 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,319 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summer

2026

Red Kite · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +57

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwiftApus apus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

wintersummer

2025

frogs and toads · Common Frog

frogs and toadsAnura
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Chalk Hill Blue · Marbled White · Gatekeeper · Large White +32

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small BlueCupido minimus2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SyrphusSyrphus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisCryptocephalus hypochaeridis2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Marsh FritillaryEuphydryas aurinia2024

🌿

Plants59 species

springsummer

2025

Nettle-leaved Bellflower · Moschatel · Rough Hawk's-beard · Grey Sedge · Sweet Violet +54

Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Keeled GarlicAllium carinatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
Corn MintMentha arvensis
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major
European LarchLarix decidua
YarrowAchillea millefolium
AppleMalus domestica
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Wild OnionAllium vineale
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Viola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
DandelionTaraxacum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
EyebrightEuphrasia2024
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2024
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2024
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,319 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summer

2026

Red Kite · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +57

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwiftApus apus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

wintersummer

2025

frogs and toads · Common Frog

frogs and toadsAnura
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Chalk Hill Blue · Marbled White · Gatekeeper · Large White +32

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small BlueCupido minimus2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SyrphusSyrphus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisCryptocephalus hypochaeridis2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Marsh FritillaryEuphydryas aurinia2024

🌿

Plants59 species

springsummer

2025

Nettle-leaved Bellflower · Moschatel · Rough Hawk's-beard · Grey Sedge · Sweet Violet +54

Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Keeled GarlicAllium carinatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
Corn MintMentha arvensis
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major
European LarchLarix decidua
YarrowAchillea millefolium
AppleMalus domestica
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Wild OnionAllium vineale
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Viola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
DandelionTaraxacum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
EyebrightEuphrasia2024
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2024
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2024
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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