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Getting here
55.84846, -6.15020
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Lapwing
- ✦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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Lapwing
- ✦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 — Starling, Lapwing, Oystercatcher +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Starling, Lapwing, Oystercatcher +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Bumblebee, Bombus lucorum +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Ribwort Plantain, Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge +242 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Stinking Parachute, Coesyn Melfed · last seen 2017
Varies
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Wildlife to spot
2,439 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,439 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Little Grebe · Barnacle Goose · Tufted Duck · Chaffinch +45
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2023▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +14
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers
Northern Marsh-orchid
- Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,439 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Little Grebe · Barnacle Goose · Tufted Duck · Chaffinch +45
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2023▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +14
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers
Northern Marsh-orchid
- Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Bombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022Common HawkerAeshna junceaCommon HawkerAeshna junceaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024