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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Blue Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Teal +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Teal +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brown Rustic, Large Red Damselfly, Poplar Hawk-moth +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — daffodils, Broom, Cock's-foot +257 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Lobarina scrobiculata, Lungwort Lichen, Speckled Script-Lichen +3 more · last seen 2016
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
1,469 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,469 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Teal · Mallard · Tufted Duck +11
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2020
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Hairy Wood Ant · Green Tiger Beetle
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Hairy Wood AntFormica lugubris2022
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2022
Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Dock · Hogweed · Creeping Thistle · Sycamore +92
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,469 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Teal · Mallard · Tufted Duck +11
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunlinCalidris alpina2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2020
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Hairy Wood Ant · Green Tiger Beetle
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Hairy Wood AntFormica lugubris2022
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2022
Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Dock · Hogweed · Creeping Thistle · Sycamore +92
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2021Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2021Lady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022BroomCytisus scoparius2022BroomCytisus scoparius2022DaisyBellis perennis2021DaisyBellis perennis2021Red FescueFestuca rubra2021Red FescueFestuca rubra2021BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2021BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2021Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021CleaversGalium aparine2021CleaversGalium aparine2021Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021Star-Of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatum subsp. campestre2021Star-Of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatum subsp. campestre2021Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2021Buckler-FernDryopteris affinis subsp. affinis2021Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2022Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2022Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas2022Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022GorseUlex europaeus2021GorseUlex europaeus2021Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2021Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2021PelargoniumPelargonium2021PelargoniumPelargonium2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2021False OxlipPrimula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha2021False OxlipPrimula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha2021Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2021Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2021Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia2021Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia2021Common ChickweedStellaria media2021Common ChickweedStellaria media2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2021AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2021IvyHedera helix2021IvyHedera helix2021Garden TulipTulipa gesneriana2021Garden TulipTulipa gesneriana2021PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2021Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2021Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2021JuniperJuniperus communis2021JuniperJuniperus communis2021Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2021Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2021Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021RaspberryRubus idaeus2021RaspberryRubus idaeus2021Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2021Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2021Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2021Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2021Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2021Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2021Wild CherryPrunus avium2021Wild CherryPrunus avium2021Clove PinkDianthus caryophyllus2021Clove PinkDianthus caryophyllus2021Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2021GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2021Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2021Hedge VeronicaVeronica elliptica x speciosa = V. x franciscana2021Hedge VeronicaVeronica elliptica x speciosa = V. x franciscana2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2021Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicolaPilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola2021Pilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicolaPilosella aurantiaca subsp. carpathicola2021Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima2021Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2021Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2021Moss PhloxPhlox subulata2021Moss PhloxPhlox subulata2021FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2021FuchsiaFuchsia magellanica2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021French MarigoldTagetes patula2021French MarigoldTagetes patula2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021White CloverTrifolium repens2021BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021BrackenPteridium aquilinum2021ForsythiaForsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia2021ForsythiaForsythia suspensa x viridissima = F. x intermedia2021Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2021Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2021Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2021Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2021Garden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockiana2021Garden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockiana2021Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2021Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2021Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2021Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2021Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2021Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2021Crepis capillaris var. agrestisCrepis capillaris var. agrestis2021Crepis capillaris var. agrestisCrepis capillaris var. agrestis2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2020Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2020Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020Silver BirchBetula pendula2020Silver BirchBetula pendula2020