Coates medieval settlement and moated site
9 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.33958, -0.63285
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stock Dove and Linnet
- ✦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
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stock Dove and Linnet
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stock Dove, Linnet, Blackbird +40 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Stock Dove, Linnet, Blackbird +40 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle, Dock Bug, Pipiza noctiluca +16 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
633 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
633 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Linnet · Blackbird · Kestrel · Chaffinch +38
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2022▾
Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle · Dock Bug · Pipiza noctiluca · Epistrophe eligans · Eudasyphora cyanella +13
- Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2019
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Pipiza noctilucaPipiza noctiluca2021
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2021
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2021
🌿Plants109 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Snowdrop · Common Orache · Smaller Cat's-tail · Square-stalked Willowherb · Black-grass +104
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Common OracheAtriplex patula2014
- Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2014
- Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2014
- Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2014
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
633 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStock Dove · Linnet · Blackbird · Kestrel · Chaffinch +38
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2022▾
Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle · Dock Bug · Pipiza noctiluca · Epistrophe eligans · Eudasyphora cyanella +13
- Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2019
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Pipiza noctilucaPipiza noctiluca2021
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2021
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2021
🌿Plants109 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Snowdrop · Common Orache · Smaller Cat's-tail · Square-stalked Willowherb · Black-grass +104
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Common OracheAtriplex patula2014
- Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2014
- Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2014
- Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2014
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare2021
Melanostoma scalare2021
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2021Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2021Sarcophaga vagansSarcophaga vagans2021Sarcophaga vagansSarcophaga vagans2021Brachyopa scutellarisBrachyopa scutellaris2021Brachyopa scutellarisBrachyopa scutellaris2021Pegomya rubivoraPegomya rubivora2021Pegomya rubivoraPegomya rubivora2021Fannia subsimilisFannia subsimilis2021Fannia subsimilisFannia subsimilis2021Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2019Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2019Salpingus planirostrisSalpingus planirostris2019Salpingus planirostrisSalpingus planirostris2019Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2019Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017PeacockAglais io2017PeacockAglais io2017Small WhitePieris rapae2017Small WhitePieris rapae2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017Buckthorn
Buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica2014
Rhamnus cathartica2014
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MustardAlliaria petiolata2014Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2014Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2014Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2014Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2014Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2014Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2014Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2014Black MedickMedicago lupulina2014Black MedickMedicago lupulina2014American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2014American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2014WatercressNasturtium officinale2014WatercressNasturtium officinale2014Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2014Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2014Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2014Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2014ColtsfootTussilago farfara2014ColtsfootTussilago farfara2014Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2014Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2014Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2014Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2014Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2014Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2014DaisyBellis perennis2014DaisyBellis perennis2014White WillowSalix alba2014White WillowSalix alba2014Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2014Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2014Wild PlumPrunus domestica2014Wild PlumPrunus domestica2014Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2014Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2014Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2014Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2014Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2014Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2014Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2014Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2014Common BentAgrostis capillaris2014Common BentAgrostis capillaris2014Wild CherryPrunus avium2014Wild CherryPrunus avium2014Black-poplarPopulus nigra2014Black-poplarPopulus nigra2014Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2014Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2014Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2014Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2014Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2014Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2014MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2014MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2014Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2014Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2014AspenPopulus tremula2014AspenPopulus tremula2014White CampionSilene latifolia2014White CampionSilene latifolia2014BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2014BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2014Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2014Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2014AppleMalus domestica2014AppleMalus domestica2014Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2014Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2014Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2014Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2014Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2014Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2014Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2014Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2014Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2014Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2014Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2014Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2014Small NettleUrtica urens2014Small NettleUrtica urens2014Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2014Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2014Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2014Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2014Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2014Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2014BullacePrunus domestica subsp. insititia2014BullacePrunus domestica subsp. insititia2014Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2014Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2014Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2014Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2014Field PansyViola arvensis2014Field PansyViola arvensis2014RedshankPersicaria maculosa2014RedshankPersicaria maculosa2014Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2014Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2014Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2014Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2014Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2014Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2014ElderSambucus nigra2014ElderSambucus nigra2014Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2014Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2014False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2014False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2014Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2014Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2014Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2014Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2014Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2014Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2014Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2014Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2014Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2014Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2014SpindleEuonymus europaeus2014SpindleEuonymus europaeus2014KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2014KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2014Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2014Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2014Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2014Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2014Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2014Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2014Field MapleAcer campestre2014Field MapleAcer campestre2014White Dead-nettleLamium album2014White Dead-nettleLamium album2014Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2014Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2014ElmUlmus2014ElmUlmus2014White CloverTrifolium repens2014White CloverTrifolium repens2014Greater PlantainPlantago major2014Greater PlantainPlantago major2014Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2014Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2014Wood DockRumex sanguineus2014Wood DockRumex sanguineus2014CleaversGalium aparine2014CleaversGalium aparine2014GroundselSenecio vulgaris2014GroundselSenecio vulgaris2014BulrushTypha latifolia2014BulrushTypha latifolia2014MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2014MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2014AshFraxinus excelsior2014AshFraxinus excelsior2014Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2014Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2014Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2014Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2014BrambleRubus fruticosus2014BrambleRubus fruticosus2014Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2014Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2014AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2014AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2014Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2014Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2014Tufted VetchVicia cracca2014Tufted VetchVicia cracca2014Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2014Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2014HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2014HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2014Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2014Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2014