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▾ 🐦 48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Snipe and Shag ✦ 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
🐦 48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Snipe and Shag ✦ 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
Strong match
Birds — Snipe, Shag, Greylag Goose +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Snipe, Shag, Greylag Goose +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Plantain, Cat's-ear, Yellow-rattle +42 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Greater Plantain, Cat's-ear, Yellow-rattle +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Snipe, Shag, Greylag Goose +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Snipe, Shag, Greylag Goose +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Atriplex prostrata, Crowberry agg., Sweet Cicely +4 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue +1 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Meadow Brown, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue +1 more · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
222 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 222 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Snipe · Shag · Greylag Goose · Common Gull · Skylark +44
Snipe Gallinago gallinago Shag Gulosus aristotelis2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Common Gull Larus canus Skylark Alauda arvensis Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Curlew Numenius arquata Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2024 Puffin Fratercula arctica2024 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Gannet Morus bassanus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Twite Linaria flavirostris2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2020 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2020 Corncrake Crex crex2010 Razorbill Alca torda2024 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2023 Redshank Tringa totanus2023 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2022 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2022 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2022 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2020 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2021 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2021 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2020 Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis2020 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2016 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2016 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2016 Wigeon Mareca penelope2016 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2013 Meadow Brown · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue · Myrmica ruginodis
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2017 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2017 Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis2015 Greater Plantain · Cat's-ear · Creeping Thistle · Common Couch · Cock's-foot +41
Greater Plantain Plantago major Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2017 Common Couch Elymus repens2017 Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2017 Sweet Cicely Myrrhis odorata2017 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 222 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Snipe · Shag · Greylag Goose · Common Gull · Skylark +44
Snipe Gallinago gallinago Shag Gulosus aristotelis2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Common Gull Larus canus Skylark Alauda arvensis Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2024 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Curlew Numenius arquata Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2024 Puffin Fratercula arctica2024 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Gannet Morus bassanus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Twite Linaria flavirostris2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2020 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2020 Corncrake Crex crex2010 Razorbill Alca torda2024 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2023 Redshank Tringa totanus2023 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2022 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2022 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2022 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2020 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2021 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2021 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2020 Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis Gulosus aristotelis aristotelis2020 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2016 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2016 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2016 Wigeon Mareca penelope2016 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2013 Meadow Brown · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue · Myrmica ruginodis
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2017 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2017 Myrmica ruginodis Myrmica ruginodis2015 Greater Plantain · Cat's-ear · Creeping Thistle · Common Couch · Cock's-foot +41
Greater Plantain Plantago major Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2017 Common Couch Elymus repens2017 Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2017 Sweet Cicely Myrrhis odorata2017 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2017
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2017
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2017
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea2017
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2017
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2017
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2017
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2017
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2017
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2017
Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus2017
Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus2017
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2017
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2017
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2017
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2017
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus2017
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus2017
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas2017
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas2017
Elder Sambucus nigra2017
Elder Sambucus nigra2017
Dryopteris borreri Dryopteris borreri2017
Dryopteris borreri Dryopteris borreri2017
Holme Willow Salix caprea x cinerea x viminalis = S. x calodendron2017
Holme Willow Salix caprea x cinerea x viminalis = S. x calodendron2017
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis2017
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis2017
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei2017
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei2017
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2017
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2017
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2017
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2017
White Clover Trifolium repens2017
White Clover Trifolium repens2017
Atriplex prostrata Atriplex prostrata
Atriplex prostrata Atriplex prostrata
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Thrift Armeria maritima
Thrift Armeria maritima
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Sea Plantain Plantago maritima
Sea Plantain Plantago maritima
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum
Marsh Cinquefoil Comarum palustre
Marsh Cinquefoil Comarum palustre
Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides
Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Crowberry agg. Empetrum nigrum2022
Crowberry agg. Empetrum nigrum2022
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica2022
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica2022
Dryopteris affinis Dryopteris affinis2010
Dryopteris affinis Dryopteris affinis2010 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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