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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Teal
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Teal
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Teal, Shelduck +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Coot, Teal, Shelduck +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Great Willowherb, Quaking-grass, Taraxacum agg. +196 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Great Willowherb, Quaking-grass, Taraxacum agg. +196 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Common Nettle +23 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gorebridge Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Gore WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Midlothian Core PathsWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innerleithen Yellow RouteCycling route59 km

Named routeRef yellowLength 59 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Innerleithen to EdinburghCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

5,566 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,566 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

springautumn

2025

Coot · Pink-footed Goose · Moorhen · Teal · Greylag Goose +41

CootFulica atra
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
CurlewNumenius arquata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great TitParus major2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024

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Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Field Vole · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

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Insects8 species

summer

2025

Silver-ground Carpet · Ringlet · Green-veined White · Peacock · Meadow Brown +3

Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
PeacockAglais io
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata

🌿

Plants275 species

summer

2025

Sycamore · Black Medick · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Perennial Rye-grass +270

SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2024
Marsh Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia densiflora2024
Curled DockRumex crispus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
CleaversGalium aparine
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
White CloverTrifolium repens
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common VetchVicia sativa
Common CouchElymus repens
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
GorseUlex europaeus
DaisyBellis perennis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
BroomCytisus scoparius
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Soft Downy-roseRosa mollis2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
Brown SedgeCarex disticha2024
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2024
European LarchLarix decidua2024
Northern DockRumex longifolius2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
HawkweedHieracium
Quaking-grassBriza media
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
WeldReseda luteola
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024
Hybrid Yellow BedstrawGalium album x verum = G. x pomeranicum2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2024
CharlockSinapis arvensis2024
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Norway SprucePicea abies2024
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2024
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024
Austrian PinePinus nigra2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2024
Common OracheAtriplex patula2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
Black CurrantRibes nigrum2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2024
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Spear MintMentha spicata2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2024
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2024
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
BlinksMontia fontana
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium
White CampionSilene latifolia
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
MintMentha
RoseRosa
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Many-leaved SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. leersii
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Sweet-briarRosa rubiginosa2024
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024
Purple WillowSalix purpurea2024
Common DuckweedLemna minor2024
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2024
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2024
Scottish MonkeyflowerErythranthe cuprea x lutea = E. x maculosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,566 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

springautumn

2025

Coot · Pink-footed Goose · Moorhen · Teal · Greylag Goose +41

CootFulica atra
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
EiderSomateria mollissima
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
CurlewNumenius arquata
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great TitParus major2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024

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Mammals5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Field Vole · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects8 species

summer

2025

Silver-ground Carpet · Ringlet · Green-veined White · Peacock · Meadow Brown +3

Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
PeacockAglais io
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata

🌿

Plants275 species

summer

2025

Sycamore · Black Medick · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Perennial Rye-grass +270

SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2024
Marsh Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia densiflora2024
Curled DockRumex crispus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
CleaversGalium aparine
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
White CloverTrifolium repens
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common VetchVicia sativa
Common CouchElymus repens
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
GorseUlex europaeus
DaisyBellis perennis
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
BroomCytisus scoparius
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Soft Downy-roseRosa mollis2024
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
Brown SedgeCarex disticha2024
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2024
European LarchLarix decidua2024
Northern DockRumex longifolius2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
HawkweedHieracium
Quaking-grassBriza media
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
WeldReseda luteola
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024
Hybrid Yellow BedstrawGalium album x verum = G. x pomeranicum2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Bullate CotoneasterCotoneaster rehderi2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2024
CharlockSinapis arvensis2024
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Norway SprucePicea abies2024
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2024
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024
Austrian PinePinus nigra2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2024
Common OracheAtriplex patula2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
Black CurrantRibes nigrum2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2024
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Spear MintMentha spicata2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2024
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2024
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
BlinksMontia fontana
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium
White CampionSilene latifolia
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
MintMentha
RoseRosa
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Many-leaved SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. leersii
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024
Field PansyViola arvensis2024
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Sweet-briarRosa rubiginosa2024
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024
Purple WillowSalix purpurea2024
Common DuckweedLemna minor2024
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis2024
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2024
Scottish MonkeyflowerErythranthe cuprea x lutea = E. x maculosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Former quarry and lime works site, Esperston

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