Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.13446, -3.00671
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Common Carder Bee, Meadow Brown +71 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Park Roadbridleway · 246 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 246 mPath type: unclassified
Park Roadbridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmPath type: service
Photos
Playground at Castle Green (Eardisley)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,360 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,360 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +28
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Common Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Bombus lucorum +13
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2021
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2021
- Tree Bumblebee
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Hard Shield-fern · Moschatel · Alder · Intermediate Polypody +8
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,360 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +28
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Common Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Bombus lucorum +13
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2021
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2021
- Tree Bumblebee
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Hard Shield-fern · Moschatel · Alder · Intermediate Polypody +8
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus hypnorum2021
Bombus hypnorum2021
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovataWoolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovataDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2022Black ClockPterostichus madidus2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Anthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralis2022Anthocoris nemoralisAnthocoris nemoralis2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2022Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2022Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2022Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2020Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2020Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaPerennial CornflowerCentaurea montanaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorDaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissusDaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissusWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaCommon BistortBistorta officinalisCommon BistortBistorta officinalisToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaEvents & activities nearby
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