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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Lapwing
✦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

🐦104+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Lapwing
✦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

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Corncrake, Lapwing, Ringed Plover +101 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Corncrake, Lapwing, Ringed Plover +101 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Cross-leaved Heath, Green-ribbed Sedge +101 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Devil's-bit Scabious, Cross-leaved Heath, Green-ribbed Sedge +101 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, Beraea maurus, Limnephilus marmoratus +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Limnephilus lunatus, Beraea maurus, Limnephilus marmoratus +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alder Tongue · last seen 2021; Fungi — Alder Tongue · last seen 2021

Varies

Wildlife to spot

4,131 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,131 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds105 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Corncrake · Lapwing · Ringed Plover · Sanderling · Oystercatcher +100

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RavenCorvus corax2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
TealAnas crecca2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
RazorbillAlca torda2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2023
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2022
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2021
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2021

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Harbour Seal · Otter · Grey Seal · Rabbit +2

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
OtterLutra lutra2024
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Long-finned Pilot Whale

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Limnephilus lunatus · Limnephilus marmoratus · Beraea maurus · Oxyethira falcata · Common Darter +19

Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2023
Beraea maurusBeraea maurus2023
Oxyethira falcataOxyethira falcata2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large Red Damselfly

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2021

Alder Tongue

Alder TongueTaphrina alni

🌿

Plants96 species

summer

2024

Juncus effusus var. subglomeratus · Bell Heather · Marsh Arrowgrass · Greater Tussock-sedge · Allseed +91

Juncus effusus var. subglomeratusJuncus effusus var. subglomeratus2021
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021
Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
AllseedLinum radiola2023
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,131 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds105 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Corncrake · Lapwing · Ringed Plover · Sanderling · Oystercatcher +100

CorncrakeCrex crex2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RavenCorvus corax2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
GannetMorus bassanus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
TealAnas crecca2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2022
Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
RazorbillAlca torda2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2023
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2022
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2021
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2021

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Harbour Seal · Otter · Grey Seal · Rabbit +2

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
OtterLutra lutra2024
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Long-finned Pilot Whale

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Limnephilus lunatus · Limnephilus marmoratus · Beraea maurus · Oxyethira falcata · Common Darter +19

Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2023
Beraea maurusBeraea maurus2023
Oxyethira falcataOxyethira falcata2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large Red Damselfly

🍄

Fungi1 species

summer

2021

Alder Tongue

Alder TongueTaphrina alni

🌿

Plants96 species

summer

2024

Juncus effusus var. subglomeratus · Bell Heather · Marsh Arrowgrass · Greater Tussock-sedge · Allseed +91

Juncus effusus var. subglomeratusJuncus effusus var. subglomeratus2021
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021
Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
AllseedLinum radiola2023
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica

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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