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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.88533, -0.31835
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Owl and Jackdaw
- ✦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 — Little Owl, Jackdaw, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Little Owl, Jackdaw, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Peacock +31 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
2,132 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,132 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
winterspring
2025▾
Little Owl · Robin · Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Skylark +14
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
Bibio hortulanus · Comma · Red Admiral · Brimstone · Gatekeeper +1
- Bibio hortulanusBibio hortulanus
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
🌿Plants117 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Field-speedwell · White Clover · Fat-hen · Field Bindweed · Groundsel +112
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- White BryonyBryonia dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,132 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
winterspring
2025▾
Little Owl · Robin · Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Skylark +14
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
Bibio hortulanus · Comma · Red Admiral · Brimstone · Gatekeeper +1
- Bibio hortulanusBibio hortulanus
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
🌿Plants117 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Field-speedwell · White Clover · Fat-hen · Field Bindweed · Groundsel +112
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- White BryonyBryonia dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Annual Meadow-grass
Annual Meadow-grass
Poa annua
Poa annua
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaDwarf MallowMalva neglectaDwarf MallowMalva neglectaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisWallflowerErysimum cheiriWallflowerErysimum cheiriSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaWhite StonecropSedum albumWhite StonecropSedum albumRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaGarden LavenderLavandula angustifoliaGarden LavenderLavandula angustifoliaCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisCreeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2022Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2022Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2022Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022Curled DockRumex crispus2022Curled DockRumex crispus2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2022Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2022Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2022Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2022KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2022Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2022Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022White CampionSilene latifolia2022White CampionSilene latifolia2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2022Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2022Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2022Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2022Lesser BurdockArctium minus2022Lesser BurdockArctium minus2022Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2022Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2022Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022CharlockSinapis arvensis2022CharlockSinapis arvensis2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2022Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2022Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2022Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2022LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2022Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2021Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2021Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2021Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2021Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2021Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2021Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2021Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2021Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2019Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019