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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Reed Bunting
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Corncrake and Reed Bunting
- ✦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, Reed Bunting, Herring Gull +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Corncrake, Reed Bunting, Herring Gull +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Dasineura ulmaria, Yellow-faced Blowfly +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hare-tail Moss, Coral Weed, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +301 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Anthracoidea karii, Mallrug, Mallryg, Thistle Rust +3 more · last seen 2024
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Wildlife to spot
3,902 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,902 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCorncrake · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Great Northern Diver · Common Guillemot +18
- CorncrakeCrex crex2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Violet Oil-beetle
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023
Mallrug, Mallryg
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
🌿Plants120 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Thrift · Soft-rush · Festuca rubra · Purple Moor-grass · Silverweed +115
- ThriftArmeria maritima2022
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,902 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCorncrake · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Great Northern Diver · Common Guillemot +18
- CorncrakeCrex crex2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2023
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Violet Oil-beetle
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023
Mallrug, Mallryg
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
🌿Plants120 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Thrift · Soft-rush · Festuca rubra · Purple Moor-grass · Silverweed +115
- ThriftArmeria maritima2022
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black Bog-rush
Black Bog-rush
Schoenus nigricans2022
Schoenus nigricans2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2022Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022HeatherCalluna vulgaris2022HeatherCalluna vulgaris2022Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022English StonecropSedum anglicum2022English StonecropSedum anglicum2022Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2022Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022Sea PearlwortSagina maritima2022Sea PearlwortSagina maritima2022Mat-grassNardus stricta2022Mat-grassNardus stricta2022BlinksMontia fontana2022BlinksMontia fontana2022Common ReedPhragmites australis2022Common ReedPhragmites australis2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022PignutConopodium majus2022PignutConopodium majus2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Sea RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimusSea RadishRaphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimusTansyTanacetum vulgare2023TansyTanacetum vulgare2023Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2023Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2023Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2023Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2023Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2022Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2022Bell HeatherErica cinerea2022Bell HeatherErica cinerea2022Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2022Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2022LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2022Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2022Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2022Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2022Wild CarrotDaucus carota2022Wild CarrotDaucus carota2022Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2022Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2022Star SedgeCarex echinata2022Star SedgeCarex echinata2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2022Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2022Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2022Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2022Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima2022Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2022Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2022GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2022Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2022Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2022Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2022Scots LovageLigusticum scoticum2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina2022Narrow-Leaved EelgrassZostera marina2022Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides2022Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides2022Saltmarsh Flat-sedgeBlysmus rufus2022Saltmarsh Flat-sedgeBlysmus rufus2022Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2022Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2022Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria2022Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria2022Lesser SkullcapScutellaria minor2022Lesser SkullcapScutellaria minor2022Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2022Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2022Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii2022Early Pampas-grassCortaderia richardii2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Common SedgeCarex nigra2022Common SedgeCarex nigra2022Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2022Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2022Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica2022Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Sea CampionSilene uniflora2022Sea CampionSilene uniflora2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2022False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2022Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2022Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2022Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2022Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2022Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2022Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2022Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2022Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2022Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2022Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2022RoserootRhodiola rosea2022RoserootRhodiola rosea2022Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2022Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2022Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2022Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2022Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2022Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2022Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2022Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2022Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris2022Marsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustris2022Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2022Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2022SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2022SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2022Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022Creeping WillowSalix repens2022Creeping WillowSalix repens2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022