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📷 John Aldersey-Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐝151+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Lesser Yellow Underwing and Dark Arches are among those observed
✦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

🐝151+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Lesser Yellow Underwing and Dark Arches are among those observed
✦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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

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4 activities

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Lesser Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Square-spot Rustic +148 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Lesser Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Square-spot Rustic +148 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Bird watching

Good match

Birds — Oystercatcher · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Good match

Birds — Oystercatcher · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife to spot

2,014 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,014 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐝

Insects50 species

summer

2025

Lesser Yellow Underwing · Rosy Rustic · Dark Arches · Square-spot Rustic · Indet. Ear Moth +45

Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
Black CloakNotocelia cynosbatella
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis
Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
ChevronEulithis testata
SallowCirrhia icteritia
Pale Straw PearlUdea lutealis
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis
White-line DartEuxoa tritici
Garden TigerArctia caja
Neglected RusticXestia castanea
Dotted ClayXestia baja
Grey ChiAntitype chi
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata
Pale-streaked Grass-mothAgriphila selasella
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Silver YAutographa gamma
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa
Rush VeneerNomophila noctuella
White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella
Barred RedHylaea fasciaria
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella
White-banded Grass-mothCrambus pascuella
Rhomboid TortrixAcleris rhombana
Gold SpotPlusia festucae
Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,014 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐝

Insects50 species

summer

2025

Lesser Yellow Underwing · Rosy Rustic · Dark Arches · Square-spot Rustic · Indet. Ear Moth +45

Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
Black CloakNotocelia cynosbatella
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata
Antler MothCerapteryx graminis
Haworth's MinorCelaena haworthii
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
ChevronEulithis testata
SallowCirrhia icteritia
Pale Straw PearlUdea lutealis
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis
White-line DartEuxoa tritici
Garden TigerArctia caja
Neglected RusticXestia castanea
Dotted ClayXestia baja
Grey ChiAntitype chi
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata
Pale-streaked Grass-mothAgriphila selasella
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Silver YAutographa gamma
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa
Rush VeneerNomophila noctuella
White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella
Barred RedHylaea fasciaria
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella
White-banded Grass-mothCrambus pascuella
Rhomboid TortrixAcleris rhombana
Gold SpotPlusia festucae
Northern RusticStandfussiana lucernea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 John Aldersey-Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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