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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
58.54044, -4.46760
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hooded Crow and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hooded Crow, Meadow Pipit, Red-throated Diver +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Hooded Crow, Meadow Pipit, Red-throated Diver +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tormentil, Carnation Sedge, Cross-leaved Heath +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — White-tailed Bumblebee, Melanogaster hirtella, Amphinemura sulcicollis +7 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-throated Diver · Meadow Pipit · Hooded Crow · Stonechat · Skylark +37
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Tormentil · Cross-leaved Heath · Heather · Sheep's Fescue agg. · Carnation Sedge +45
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-throated Diver · Meadow Pipit · Hooded Crow · Stonechat · Skylark +37
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Tormentil · Cross-leaved Heath · Heather · Sheep's Fescue agg. · Carnation Sedge +45
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
- LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
