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57.88156, -4.36299
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 172m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 172m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Peacock +53 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Selfheal, Downy Birch +154 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
7,574 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Birch Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Bibio leucopterus · Xylota segnis · Syrphus +8
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Cantharis pellucida
🌿Plants62 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-leaved Willowherb · Common Ragwort · Wood Anemone · Wood-sorrel · Daisy +57
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Field Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Birch Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Bibio leucopterus · Xylota segnis · Syrphus +8
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Bibio leucopterusBibio leucopterus
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Cantharis pellucida
🌿Plants62 species
springsummer
2025▾
Broad-leaved Willowherb · Common Ragwort · Wood Anemone · Wood-sorrel · Daisy +57
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Field Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis pellucida
Cantharis pellucida
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalarePolydrususPolydrususPolydrususPolydrususCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesOrange-tipAnthocharis cardaminesOrange-tipAnthocharis cardaminesEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEquisetum arvense2024
Equisetum arvense2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2024Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024ScurvygrassesCochlearia2024ScurvygrassesCochlearia2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2024Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2024Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2024Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024EyebrightEuphrasia2024EyebrightEuphrasia2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas2024Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Erophila vernaErophila verna2024Erophila vernaErophila verna2024Biting StonecropSedum acre2024Biting StonecropSedum acre2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024daffodilsNarcissus2024daffodilsNarcissus2024