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Getting here
52.21535, -4.13659
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodcock and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodcock and Skylark
- ✦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 — Woodcock, Skylark, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodcock, Skylark, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone, Spiked Shieldbug, Cicadella viridis +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bruch's Pincushion, Springy Turf-moss, Urn Haircap +92 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
1,057 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,057 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Woodcock · Tawny Owl · Skylark · Carrion Crow +27
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2012
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2012
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2012
- RavenCorvus corax2012
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2012
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2012
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2012
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2012
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2012
- JayGarrulus glandarius2012
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2012
- DunnockPrunella modularis2012
- SwallowHirundo rustica2012
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Badger · Rabbit · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- OtterLutra lutra2017
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2015▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Spiked Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis · Small Yellow-legged Robberfly · Broad Centurion · Dock Bug +43
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2024
- Rutpela maculata
Glittering Wood-moss · Yellow-bud Bryum · Urn Haircap · Crenulated Flapwort · Fingered Cowlwort +57
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2021
- Yellow-bud BryumBryum gemmilucens2021
- Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2021
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2021
- Fingered CowlwortColura calyptrifolia2021
- Ladder Flapwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,057 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Woodcock · Tawny Owl · Skylark · Carrion Crow +27
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2012
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2012
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2012
- RavenCorvus corax2012
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2012
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2012
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2012
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2012
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2012
- JayGarrulus glandarius2012
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2012
- DunnockPrunella modularis2012
- SwallowHirundo rustica2012
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2022▾
Badger · Rabbit · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- OtterLutra lutra2017
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2015▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Spiked Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis · Small Yellow-legged Robberfly · Broad Centurion · Dock Bug +43
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2024
- Rutpela maculata
Glittering Wood-moss · Yellow-bud Bryum · Urn Haircap · Crenulated Flapwort · Fingered Cowlwort +57
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2021
- Yellow-bud BryumBryum gemmilucens2021
- Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2021
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum2021
- Fingered CowlwortColura calyptrifolia2021
- Ladder Flapwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rutpela maculata2024
Rutpela maculata2024
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024EristalisEristalisEristalisEristalisMesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatusMesopsocus unipunctatusBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaRhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2024Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024Sapromyza sexpunctataSapromyza sexpunctata2024Sapromyza sexpunctataSapromyza sexpunctata2024Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Ringed TigressAthalia circularis2024Ringed TigressAthalia circularis2024Scarce Scabious ClubhornAbia candens2024Scarce Scabious ClubhornAbia candens2024Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2024Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022Selatosomus aeneusSelatosomus aeneus2021Selatosomus aeneusSelatosomus aeneus2021Plain Golden YAutographa jota2019Plain Golden YAutographa jota2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Peppered MothBiston betularia2019Peppered MothBiston betularia2019Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2019Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2016Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2016Large WhitePieris brassicae2016Large WhitePieris brassicae2016Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2016Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2016Nardia scalaris2021
Nardia scalaris2021
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2021RedshankCeratodon purpureus2021Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2021Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2021Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2019Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2019Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2019Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2019Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2019Jointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisAwl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatus2021Awl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatus2021Rufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens2021Rufous Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens2021Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium2021Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium2021Marsupella emarginataMarsupella emarginata2021Marsupella emarginataMarsupella emarginata2021Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2021Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2021Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2021Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2021Tree-mossClimacium dendroides2019Tree-mossClimacium dendroides2019Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2019Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019GreasewortAneura pinguis2019GreasewortAneura pinguis2019Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2019Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2019Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum2019Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum2019Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum2019Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum2019St Winifrid's Other MossChiloscyphus pallescens2019St Winifrid's Other MossChiloscyphus pallescens2019Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2019River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2019Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2012Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2012Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2012Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2012Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2012Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2012Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2012Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2012Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2012Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2012Jagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfolia2012Jagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfolia2012Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2012Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2012Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2012Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2012Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2012Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2012Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2012Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2012Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2012Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2012Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2012Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2012White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2012White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2012Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2012Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum2012Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2012Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2012Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2012Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2012Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2012Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2012Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2012Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2012Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum2012Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum2012Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2012Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2012Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum2012Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum2012Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2012Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2012Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2012Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2012Blunt-leaved EarwortDiplophyllum obtusifolium2012Blunt-leaved EarwortDiplophyllum obtusifolium2012Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2012Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2012Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2012Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax2012Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2012Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2012Crisped PincushionUlota crispa2012Crisped PincushionUlota crispa2012Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2012Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2012Curve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallum2012Curve-leaved DitrichumDitrichum heteromallum2012