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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Goldfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Goldfinch
- ✦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 — Corncrake, Goldfinch, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Corncrake, Goldfinch, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Heath, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Limnephilus centralis +22 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Redshank, Field Horsetail, Lesser Celandine +364 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Dryad's Saddle · last seen 2023
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Wildlife to spot
2,135 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,135 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Whinchat · Storm Petrel · Barnacle Goose · Tawny Owl · Bullfinch
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Heath · Green Tiger Beetle · Melanostoma scalare · Tipula varipennis +1
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Tipula varipennisTipula varipennis
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
Foxglove · Devil's-bit Scabious · English Stonecrop · Jointed Rush · Pignut +140
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023
- English StonecropSedum anglicum2023
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
- PignutConopodium majus2023
- Water AvensGeum rivale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,135 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Whinchat · Storm Petrel · Barnacle Goose · Tawny Owl · Bullfinch
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Small Heath · Green Tiger Beetle · Melanostoma scalare · Tipula varipennis +1
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Tipula varipennisTipula varipennis
- Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
Foxglove · Devil's-bit Scabious · English Stonecrop · Jointed Rush · Pignut +140
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023
- English StonecropSedum anglicum2023
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
- PignutConopodium majus2023
- Water AvensGeum rivale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Sea CampionSilene uniflora2023Sea CampionSilene uniflora2023Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2023Black Bog-rushSchoenus nigricans2023Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2023Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2023Pedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvaticaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvatica2023Pedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvaticaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. sylvatica2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2023Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Water MintMentha aquatica2023Water MintMentha aquatica2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Luzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multiflora2023Luzula multiflora subsp. multifloraLuzula multiflora subsp. multiflora2023Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2023Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllumMelancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllumSea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2023Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2023Common SedgeCarex nigra2023Common SedgeCarex nigra2023Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2023Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2023Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2023Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2023Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2023Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2023Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2023Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2023Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica2023Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica2023Bell HeatherErica cinerea2023Bell HeatherErica cinerea2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Common HawkweedHieracium triviale2023Common HawkweedHieracium triviale2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2023Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2023Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2023Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2023Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2023Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2023Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023BlinksMontia fontana2023BlinksMontia fontana2023BugleAjuga reptans2023BugleAjuga reptans2023Creeping WillowSalix repens2023Creeping WillowSalix repens2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2023Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2023Mat-grassNardus stricta2023Mat-grassNardus stricta2023Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2023Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2023Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2023Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2023GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2023GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2023GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2023Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris2023Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris2023Delicate StonewortChara virgata2023Delicate StonewortChara virgata2023Downy OatAvenula pubescens2023Downy OatAvenula pubescens2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2023Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2023Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2023Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2023Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2023Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023AspenPopulus tremula2023AspenPopulus tremula2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2023Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2023Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2023Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2023Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2023Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2023Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2023Eared WillowSalix aurita2023Eared WillowSalix aurita2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2023Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023Marsh VioletViola palustris2023Marsh VioletViola palustris2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2023Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2023Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2023Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2023Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2023HeatherCalluna vulgaris2023HeatherCalluna vulgaris2023Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2023Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2023Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2023Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta2023Luzula multiflora subsp. congestaLuzula multiflora subsp. congesta2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2023Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2023Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2023Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2023Pedicularis sylvatica subsp. hibernicaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. hibernica2023Pedicularis sylvatica subsp. hibernicaPedicularis sylvatica subsp. hibernica2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum2023CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum2023Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2023Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Star SedgeCarex echinata2023Star SedgeCarex echinata2023Early Hair-grassAira praecox2023Early Hair-grassAira praecox2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2023Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2023Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2023Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2023Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2023Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2023Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2023Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2023Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023Wild ThymeThymus drucei2023Wild ThymeThymus drucei2023ThriftArmeria maritima2023ThriftArmeria maritima2023Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2023Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2023Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara2023Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara2023Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca2023Glaucous Dog-RoseRosa vosagiaca2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023