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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
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57.65213, -3.31130
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ MNMs Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ MNMs Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Herring Gull +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Herring Gull +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Liverwort, Downy Birch / Silver Birch, Bird's-claw Beard-moss +33 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Liverwort, Downy Birch / Silver Birch, Bird's-claw Beard-moss +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 28 signed routes nearby
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Named route Ref 79 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,339 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,339 records · National Biodiversity Network Herring Gull · Moorhen · Mallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +28
Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Sitta europaea caesia Sitta europaea caesia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Sitona obsoletus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Darter · Larch Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare +4
Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Broad Centurion Northern Dead-nettle · Common Liverwort · Springbeauty · Groundsel · Annual Meadow-grass +36
Northern Dead-nettle Lamium confertum2024 Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata2024 Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2024 Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2024 Green Field-speedwell Veronica agrestis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,339 records · National Biodiversity Network Herring Gull · Moorhen · Mallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +28
Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Sitta europaea caesia Sitta europaea caesia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Sitona obsoletus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Darter · Larch Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare +4
Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Broad Centurion Northern Dead-nettle · Common Liverwort · Springbeauty · Groundsel · Annual Meadow-grass +36
Northern Dead-nettle Lamium confertum2024 Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata2024 Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2024 Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2024 Green Field-speedwell Veronica agrestis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chloromyia formosa
Chloromyia formosa
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum 2024
2024
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris2024
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris2024
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis2024
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis2024
Daisy Bellis perennis2024
Daisy Bellis perennis2024
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2024
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2024
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper2024
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper2024
Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea2024
Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea2024
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2024
Common Chickweed Stellaria media2024
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2024
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2024
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica' Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'2024
Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica' Hedera hibernica 'Hibernica'2024
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2024
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2024
Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa2024
Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana2024
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana2024
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis2024
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis2024
White Wood-rush Luzula luzuloides2024
White Wood-rush Luzula luzuloides2024
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2024
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2024
Spurge-laurel Daphne laureola2024
Spurge-laurel Daphne laureola2024
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2024
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2024
Honesty Lunaria annua2024
Honesty Lunaria annua2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle2024
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea2024
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea2024
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta2024
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta2024
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana2024
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana2024
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2024
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2024
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2024
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2024
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2024
Nipplewort Lapsana communis2024
Gorse Ulex europaeus2024
Gorse Ulex europaeus2024
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor2024
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor2024
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2024
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2024
Laburnham Laburnum anagyroides2024
Laburnham Laburnum anagyroides2024
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2024
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2024
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum2024
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum2024
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus2024
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus2024
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare2024
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare2024
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii2024
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii2024 