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51.93068, -4.89599
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Swallow +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Swallow +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marsh Fritillary, Large Red Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer +69 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Bracken +68 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Skullcap Dapperling · last seen 2013
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
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National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route14.1 km▾
Named routeRef 47Length 14.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route12.6 km▾
Named routeRef 82Length 12.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.7 km▾
Named routeRef 47Length 4.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
717 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
717 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Linnet · Kestrel · Cuckoo · Whitethroat +23
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2018
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- DipperCinclus cinclus2018
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Marsh Fritillary · Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Small White · Orange-tip +14
- Marsh FritillaryEuphydryas aurinia2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
🌿Plants64 species
summerwinter
2019▾
Himalayan Balsam · Bracken · Curled Dock · Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush · Bramble +59
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
717 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Linnet · Kestrel · Cuckoo · Whitethroat +23
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2018
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- DipperCinclus cinclus2018
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Marsh Fritillary · Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Small White · Orange-tip +14
- Marsh FritillaryEuphydryas aurinia2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
🌿Plants64 species
summerwinter
2019▾
Himalayan Balsam · Bracken · Curled Dock · Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush · Bramble +59
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Red Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2018Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2018Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2018Oak EggarLasiocampa quercus2018Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2018Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2018Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCiliated FringewortPtilidium ciliare2017Ciliated FringewortPtilidium ciliare2017Wood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2017Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2017Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2017Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2017Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum2017Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum2017Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2017Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2017Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2017Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2017RedshankCeratodon purpureus2017RedshankCeratodon purpureus2017Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2017Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis2017Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2017Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2017Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2017Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2017Brunton's Dog-toothCynodontium bruntonii2017Brunton's Dog-toothCynodontium bruntonii2017Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens2017Pale Thread-mossBryum pallens2017Alpine HaircapPolytrichastrum alpinum2017Alpine HaircapPolytrichastrum alpinum2017Nut-mossDiphyscium foliosum2017Nut-mossDiphyscium foliosum2017Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2017Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2017Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2017Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum2017Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum2017Lesser Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum inundatum2017Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2017Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum2017Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2017Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2017Western EarwortScapania gracilis2017Western EarwortScapania gracilis2017Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2017Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2017Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2017Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2017Polytrichum perigonialePolytrichum perigoniale2017Polytrichum perigonialePolytrichum perigoniale2017Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2017Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2017Lesser Fringe-mossRacomitrium affine2017Lesser Fringe-mossRacomitrium affine2017Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2017Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2017Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2017Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2017Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2017Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2017Zygodon viridissimusZygodon viridissimus2017Zygodon viridissimusZygodon viridissimus2017Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2017Heath EarwortScapania irrigua2017Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2017Inflated NotchwortGymnocolea inflata subsp. inflata2017Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum2017Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum2017Marsupella emarginataMarsupella emarginata2017Marsupella emarginataMarsupella emarginata2017Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2017Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2017Curnow's Pocket-mossFissidens bryoides var. caespitans2017Curnow's Pocket-mossFissidens bryoides var. caespitans2017Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2017Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2017Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium2017Variable Crisp-mossTrichostomum brachydontium2017Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2017Tumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosa2017Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2017Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2017