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52.66816, -0.40890
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Wall Scalewort, Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2020; Plants — Wall Scalewort, Garden Lady's-mantle · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route▾
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Clare Country routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Nassaburgh TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,024 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,024 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Rook · Scaup · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +26
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ScaupAythya marila
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Cock's-foot · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Creeping Buttercup +137
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- IvyHedera helix
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,024 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Rook · Scaup · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +26
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ScaupAythya marila
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Cock's-foot · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Creeping Buttercup +137
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- IvyHedera helix
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWhite WillowSalix albaWhite WillowSalix albaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCommon ReedPhragmites australisCommon ReedPhragmites australisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusOil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleiferaOil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleiferaGreat LettuceLactuca virosaGreat LettuceLactuca virosaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaHemlockConium maculatumHemlockConium maculatumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseMediterranean SpurgeEuphorbia characiasMediterranean SpurgeEuphorbia characiasSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaAustrian PinePinus nigraAustrian PinePinus nigraAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisLesser ChickweedStellaria pallidaLesser ChickweedStellaria pallidaFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexKnotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosaKnotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosaHollyhockAlcea roseaHollyhockAlcea roseaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicadaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFern-grassCatapodium rigidumFern-grassCatapodium rigidumField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumJapanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonicaJapanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonicaWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareHoary PlantainPlantago mediaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaStone ParsleySison amomumStone ParsleySison amomumEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaePetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusHouse-leekSempervivum tectorumHouse-leekSempervivum tectorumAnnual MercuryMercurialis annuaAnnual MercuryMercurialis annuaGolden CrocusCrocus chrysanthusGolden CrocusCrocus chrysanthusWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumSoapwortSaponaria officinalisSoapwortSaponaria officinalisWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisStinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidusStinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidusHonestyLunaria annuaHonestyLunaria annuaPeach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifoliaPeach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifoliaCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumOriental PlanePlatanus orientalisOriental PlanePlatanus orientalisAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaEastern SowbreadCyclamen coumEastern SowbreadCyclamen coumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaUrtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioicaSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicariaBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicariaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite ComfreySymphytum orientaleWhite ComfreySymphytum orientaleRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWallflowerErysimum cheiriWallflowerErysimum cheiriIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumParsley PiertAphanes arvensisParsley PiertAphanes arvensisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberPerennial CandytuftIberis sempervirensPerennial CandytuftIberis sempervirensBrachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatumEvents & activities nearby
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