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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
✦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

🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
✦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

3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Grey Heron +106 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Grey Heron +106 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Grey Heron +106 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Grey Heron +106 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Wildlife to spot

6,016 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,016 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Red-breasted Merganser · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose +49

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
Common GullLarus canus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TealAnas crecca
ShagGulosus aristotelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GannetMorus bassanus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
MerlinFalco columbarius
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Rock DoveColumba livia
CootFulica atra
Common GuillemotUria aalge
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,016 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2025

Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Red-breasted Merganser · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose +49

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
Common GullLarus canus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TealAnas crecca
ShagGulosus aristotelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GannetMorus bassanus
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
MerlinFalco columbarius
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Rock DoveColumba livia
CootFulica atra
Common GuillemotUria aalge
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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