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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.05690, 0.37035
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit 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
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff +28 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff +28 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Turpin's Trail 3Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,672 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,672 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Wren · Blackbird +26
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Mole · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Ringlet · Speckled Wood +33
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🌿Plants3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Big Shaggy-moss · Cowslip · Bluebell
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
- CowslipPrimula veris2024
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,672 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Wren · Blackbird +26
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Mole · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Ringlet · Speckled Wood +33
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🌿Plants3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Big Shaggy-moss · Cowslip · Bluebell
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
- CowslipPrimula veris2024
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusAphrophora alniAphrophora alniAphrophora alniAphrophora alniCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnis22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusAcorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Events & activities nearby
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