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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Slavonian Grebe and Meadow Pipit
🍄Mushroom 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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Slavonian Grebe and Meadow Pipit
🍄Mushroom 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

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Meadow Pipit, Common Scoter +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Slavonian Grebe, Meadow Pipit, Common Scoter +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Deceiver, False Chanterelle, The Flirt +29 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Deceiver, False Chanterelle, The Flirt +29 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Field Gentian, Jacobaea, Sneezewort +249 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Field Gentian, Jacobaea, Sneezewort +249 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Meadowsweet, Common Nettle +22 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Scotch Argus, Peacock, Meadow Brown +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Scotch Argus, Peacock, Meadow Brown +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Kintyre WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

1,782 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,782 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

summer

2025

Slavonian Grebe · Swallow · Raven · Meadow Pipit · Goldfinch +38

Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Common GullLarus canus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2023

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Sericomyia silentis · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Eristalis intricaria · Common Carder Bee +10

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023
Silver YAutographa gamma2023
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022

🌿

Plants92 species

summer

2023

Trailing St John's-wort · Marsh Hawk's-beard · Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue +87

Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2022
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2022
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Eared WillowSalix aurita2022
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Star SedgeCarex echinata2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2022
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2022
Corn MintMentha arvensis2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Water MintMentha aquatica2022
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022
English StonecropSedum anglicum2022
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2022
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022
BurdockArctium2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2022
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2022
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2022
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2022
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Creeping WillowSalix repens2022
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Hedera helixHedera helix2022
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2022
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2022
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2022
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022
RowanSorbus aucuparia2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,782 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

summer

2025

Slavonian Grebe · Swallow · Raven · Meadow Pipit · Goldfinch +38

Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Common GullLarus canus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2023

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Sericomyia silentis · Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Eristalis intricaria · Common Carder Bee +10

Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023
Silver YAutographa gamma2023
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022

🌿

Plants92 species

summer

2023

Trailing St John's-wort · Marsh Hawk's-beard · Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue +87

Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2022
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa2022
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Eared WillowSalix aurita2022
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2022
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2022
DaisyBellis perennis2022
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Star SedgeCarex echinata2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2022
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2022
Corn MintMentha arvensis2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Water MintMentha aquatica2022
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022
English StonecropSedum anglicum2022
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2022
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2022
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022
BurdockArctium2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2022
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2022
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa2022
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2022
Agrostis caninaAgrostis canina2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Creeping WillowSalix repens2022
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Hedera helixHedera helix2022
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2022
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2022
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2022
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022
RowanSorbus aucuparia2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Steve Partridge · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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