Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
12 ha
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.81770, -2.41261
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Yellowhammer and Blackbird
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Green-veined White +58 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Settlement on West Hill, near Plush
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Wildlife to spot
2,407 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,407 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Partridge · Corn Bunting · Spotted Flycatcher · Yellowhammer · Stock Dove +11
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Badger
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral +12
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
🌿Plants95 species
springsummer
2022▾
Yorkshire-fog · Red Clover · Glaucous Sedge · Fairy Flax · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +90
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,407 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Partridge · Corn Bunting · Spotted Flycatcher · Yellowhammer · Stock Dove +11
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Badger
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral +12
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
🌿Plants95 species
springsummer
2022▾
Yorkshire-fog · Red Clover · Glaucous Sedge · Fairy Flax · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +90
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaMarbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaMarbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaSmall SkipperThymelicus sylvestrisSmall SkipperThymelicus sylvestrisHolly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023Salad Burnet
Salad Burnet
Poterium sanguisorba
Poterium sanguisorba
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaHawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioidesHawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioidesClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataCommon Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceusCommon Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceusCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataDropwortFilipendula vulgarisDropwortFilipendula vulgarisHorseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosaHorseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumLesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilisLesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaBuckthornRhamnus catharticaBuckthornRhamnus catharticaMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumWild MarjoramOriganum vulgareWild MarjoramOriganum vulgareField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBread WheatTriticum aestivumBread WheatTriticum aestivumGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaRed CurrantRibes rubrumRed CurrantRibes rubrumChalk MilkwortPolygala calcareaChalk MilkwortPolygala calcareaBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicariaBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicariaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleDowny OatAvenula pubescensDowny OatAvenula pubescensDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisFrench Crane's-billGeranium endressiiFrench Crane's-billGeranium endressiiFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagraria