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52.13458, -3.94601
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch ✦ 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
🐦 52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch ✦ 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 — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin +49 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin +49 more · last seen 2024
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bruch's Pincushion, Dilated Scalewort, Fingered Cowlwort +112 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bruch's Pincushion, Dilated Scalewort, Fingered Cowlwort +112 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Beautiful Demoiselle +13 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Beautiful Demoiselle +13 more · last seen 2022
Free
Plants — Common Threadwort, Two-horned Pincerwort, Wood-rust
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 82 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 82 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 82 Length 229 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 8.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 82 Length 8.7 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
974 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 974 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Chaffinch · Blackbird · Robin · Lesser Redpoll · Redwing +22
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2019 Redwing Turdus iliacus2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2019 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2019 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2019 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2019 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2019 Great Tit Parus major2019 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2020 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2019 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2019 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2019 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2019 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2019 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 🦌 Mammals 9 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Bat Chiroptera2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Common Pipistrelle Beautiful Demoiselle · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker +5
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2020 Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2020 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2020 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2020 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Bruch's Pincushion · Elegant Bristle-moss · Common Pincushion · Dilated Scalewort · Cherry Laurel +61
Bruch's Pincushion Ulota bruchii2019 Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum2019 Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata2019 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata2019 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2024 Awl-leaved Swan-neck Moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 974 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Chaffinch · Blackbird · Robin · Lesser Redpoll · Redwing +22
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2019 Redwing Turdus iliacus2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2019 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2019 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2019 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2019 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2019 Great Tit Parus major2019 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2020 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2019 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2019 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2019 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2019 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2019 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 🦌 Mammals 9 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Shrew +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Bat Chiroptera2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Common Pipistrelle Beautiful Demoiselle · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker +5
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2020 Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2020 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2020 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2020 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Bruch's Pincushion · Elegant Bristle-moss · Common Pincushion · Dilated Scalewort · Cherry Laurel +61
Bruch's Pincushion Ulota bruchii2019 Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum2019 Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata2019 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata2019 Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2024 Awl-leaved Swan-neck Moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Badger Meles meles2022
Badger Meles meles2022
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 2021
2021
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2020
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2020
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2020
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2020
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2020
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2020
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Campylopus subulatus2020
Campylopus subulatus2020
Heath Earwort Scapania irrigua2020
Heath Earwort Scapania irrigua2020
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2020
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2020
Polytrichum commune s.str. Polytrichum commune s.str.2019
Polytrichum commune s.str. Polytrichum commune s.str.2019
Lophozia ventricosa var. silvicola Lophozia ventricosa var. silvicola2019
Lophozia ventricosa var. silvicola Lophozia ventricosa var. silvicola2019
Fingered Cowlwort Colura calyptrifolia2019
Fingered Cowlwort Colura calyptrifolia2019
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga2019
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga2019
Common Threadwort Cephaloziella divaricata2019
Common Threadwort Cephaloziella divaricata2019
Rusty Swan-neck Moss Campylopus flexuosus2019
Rusty Swan-neck Moss Campylopus flexuosus2019
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha2019
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha2019
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2019
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2019
Blueish Veilwort Metzgeria violacea2019
Blueish Veilwort Metzgeria violacea2019
Flat-topped Bog-moss Sphagnum fallax2019
Flat-topped Bog-moss Sphagnum fallax2019
Green Mountain Fringe-moss Racomitrium fasciculare2019
Green Mountain Fringe-moss Racomitrium fasciculare2019
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla2019
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla2019
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019
Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium2019
Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium2019
Heath Plait-moss Hypnum jutlandicum2019
Heath Plait-moss Hypnum jutlandicum2019
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum2019
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum2019
White Earwort Diplophyllum albicans2019
White Earwort Diplophyllum albicans2019
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Common Haircap Polytrichum commune s.l.
Common Haircap Polytrichum commune s.l.
Golden-head Moss Breutelia chrysocoma2020
Golden-head Moss Breutelia chrysocoma2020
Fern-leaved Hook-moss Cratoneuron filicinum2020
Fern-leaved Hook-moss Cratoneuron filicinum2020
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2020
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2020
Dotted Thyme-moss Rhizomnium punctatum2020
Dotted Thyme-moss Rhizomnium punctatum2020
Purple-stalked Pocket-moss Fissidens osmundoides2020
Purple-stalked Pocket-moss Fissidens osmundoides2020
Alpine Thread-moss Bryum alpinum2020
Alpine Thread-moss Bryum alpinum2020
Narrow-fruited Crisp-moss Chionoloma tenuirostre2020
Narrow-fruited Crisp-moss Chionoloma tenuirostre2020
Thick-set Earwort Scapania compacta2020
Thick-set Earwort Scapania compacta2020
Transparent Fork-moss Dichodontium pellucidum2020
Transparent Fork-moss Dichodontium pellucidum2020
Lesser Fringe-moss Racomitrium affine2019
Lesser Fringe-moss Racomitrium affine2019
Cape Thread-moss Orthodontium lineare2019
Cape Thread-moss Orthodontium lineare2019
Slender Cruet-moss Tetraplodon mnioides2019
Slender Cruet-moss Tetraplodon mnioides2019
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi2019
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi2019
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis2019
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis2019
Glittering Wood-moss Hylocomium splendens2019
Glittering Wood-moss Hylocomium splendens2019
Fountain Apple-moss Philonotis fontana2019
Fountain Apple-moss Philonotis fontana2019
Long-shanked Pincushion Ptychomitrium polyphyllum2019
Long-shanked Pincushion Ptychomitrium polyphyllum2019
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2019
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2019
Polytrichum perigoniale Polytrichum perigoniale2019
Polytrichum perigoniale Polytrichum perigoniale2019
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2019
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2019
Andreaea rothii subsp. falcata Andreaea rothii subsp. falcata2019
Andreaea rothii subsp. falcata Andreaea rothii subsp. falcata2019
Whiskered Veilwort Metzgeria consanguinea2019
Whiskered Veilwort Metzgeria consanguinea2019
Mamillate Plait-moss Hypnum andoi2019
Mamillate Plait-moss Hypnum andoi2019
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2019
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2019
Dense Fringe-moss Racomitrium ericoides2019
Dense Fringe-moss Racomitrium ericoides2019
Shaw's Bristle-moss Lewinskya striata2019
Shaw's Bristle-moss Lewinskya striata2019
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2019
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2019
Urn Haircap Pogonatum urnigerum2019
Urn Haircap Pogonatum urnigerum2019
Little Shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus2019
Little Shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus2019
Long Fringe-moss Racomitrium elongatum2019
Long Fringe-moss Racomitrium elongatum2019
Clay Earth-moss Archidium alternifolium2019
Clay Earth-moss Archidium alternifolium2019
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2019
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2019
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum2019
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum2019
Yellow Fringe-moss Racomitrium aciculare2019
Yellow Fringe-moss Racomitrium aciculare2019
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus2019
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus2019
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2019
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2019
Bristly Fringe-moss Racomitrium heterostichum2019
Bristly Fringe-moss Racomitrium heterostichum2019
Woolly Fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum2019
Woolly Fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum2019
Cow-horn Bog-moss Sphagnum auriculatum2019
Cow-horn Bog-moss Sphagnum auriculatum2019 