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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.75194, -3.19630
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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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small White +68 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small White +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Winter Heliotrope, Alder, Common Nettle +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Winter Heliotrope, Alder, Common Nettle +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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152 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
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2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
8,116 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Wood Duck · Mallard +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Peacock · Common Blue · Meadow Brown · Small White +17
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Alder · Common Nettle · Elegant Bristle-moss · Chinese Bramble
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Wood Duck · Mallard +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Peacock · Common Blue · Meadow Brown · Small White +17
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Alder · Common Nettle · Elegant Bristle-moss · Chinese Bramble
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaBlack DarterSympetrum danaeBlack DarterSympetrum danae7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaDock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Events & activities nearby
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