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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Red-breasted Merganser, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Red-breasted Merganser, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +122 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Darter, Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +122 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Fleecy Milkcap, Peppery Milkcap · last seen 2025; Fungi — Fleecy Milkcap, Peppery Milkcap · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Distilleries PathwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,243 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,243 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red-breasted Merganser · Grey Heron · Curlew · Herring Gull · Greylag Goose +39

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common GullLarus canus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WigeonMareca penelope2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
RavenCorvus corax
RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
TealAnas crecca2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Red Deer · Fallow Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024

🐝

Insects27 species

springsummer

2024

Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Hawker +22

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina
Pale PinionLithophane socia
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria
Northern Diamond-backRhigognostis incarnatella
Red ChestnutCerastis rubricosa
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2023
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2023

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Fleecy Milkcap

Fleecy MilkcapLactarius vellereus

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Northern Marsh-orchid

Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,243 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red-breasted Merganser · Grey Heron · Curlew · Herring Gull · Greylag Goose +39

Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CurlewNumenius arquata
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
ShagGulosus aristotelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common GullLarus canus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WigeonMareca penelope2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
RavenCorvus corax
RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
TealAnas crecca2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Red Deer · Fallow Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024

🐝

Insects27 species

springsummer

2024

Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Hawker +22

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina
Pale PinionLithophane socia
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria
Northern Diamond-backRhigognostis incarnatella
Red ChestnutCerastis rubricosa
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2023
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2023

🍄

Fungi1 species

autumn

2025

Fleecy Milkcap

Fleecy MilkcapLactarius vellereus

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Northern Marsh-orchid

Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Wikipedia · Crannog · CC BY-SA 3.0

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