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Bretherton Parish Institute

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Common Chickweed, Hogweed +14 more foraging species; Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Fleabane, Meadowsweet +122 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Fleabane, Meadowsweet +122 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +90 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Ribble WayWalking route114 km

The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.

Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Penwortham to LeylandCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route97 m

Named routeRef 62Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.3 km

Named routeRef 62Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route895 m

Named routeRef 62Length 895 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +75

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
TealAnas crecca
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Great TitParus major2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RedshankTringa totanus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
RookCorvus frugilegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2018
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2019
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
CootFulica atra2021
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2017
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2020
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2019
RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2018
CurlewNumenius arquata2018
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2018
NuthatchSitta europaea2018
Rock DoveColumba livia2018
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2018
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2017
Common GullLarus canus2017
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2017

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · Mole · Grey Squirrel +5

Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Fallow DeerDama dama
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
BadgerMeles meles2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
WeaselMustela nivalis2022
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2018

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummerwinter

2024

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2020

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects93 species

summer

2025

Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Painted Lady · Large White +88

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2019
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2019
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2023
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Tachina feraTachina fera2022
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2022
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2021
Oulema obscuraOulema obscura2021
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2021
PondskaterGerris2021
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019
Oak BeautyBiston strataria2019
March MothAlsophila aescularia2019
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2019
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
Early MothTheria primaria2019
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2018
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2018
WallLasiommata megera2017
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2017
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2017
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2017
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2017
Straw DotRivula sericealis2017
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2017
Devon CarpetLampropteryx otregiata2017
Blood-veinTimandra comae2017

🌿

Plants125 species

summerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Common Fleabane · Meadowsweet · Common Chickweed · Common Ragwort +120

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2019
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2019
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Common ReedPhragmites australis2022
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii2021
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2019
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2018
Fat-henChenopodium album2018
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2018
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2018
DandelionTaraxacum2018
RapeBrassica napus2018
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2018
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2018
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2018
CleaversGalium aparine2018
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2018
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023
Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens2023
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2021
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2021
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2020
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2020
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2020
HazelCorylus avellana2020
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2020
IvyHedera helix2020
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019
Water MintMentha aquatica2019
Curled DockRumex crispus2019
Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria2019
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2019
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019
Field-roseRosa arvensis2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Rosa caninaRosa canina2019
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2019
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2019
Black MustardBrassica nigra2019
Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018
DaisyBellis perennis2018
TansyTanacetum vulgare2018
Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2018
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2018
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2018
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2018
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2018
YarrowAchillea millefolium2018
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2018
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2018
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2018
Red CampionSilene dioica2018
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2018
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2018
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2018
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2018
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2018
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018
Creeping Yellow-cressRorippa sylvestris2018
Common NettleUrtica dioica2018
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2018
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2018
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2018
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2018
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2018
White Dead-nettleLamium album2018
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2018
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2018
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018
BrambleRubus2018
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2018
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +75

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
TealAnas crecca
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Great TitParus major2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RedshankTringa totanus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
RookCorvus frugilegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2018
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2019
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
CootFulica atra2021
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2017
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2021
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2020
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2019
RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2018
CurlewNumenius arquata2018
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2018
NuthatchSitta europaea2018
Rock DoveColumba livia2018
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2018
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2017
Common GullLarus canus2017
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2017

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · Mole · Grey Squirrel +5

Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Fallow DeerDama dama
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
BadgerMeles meles2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
WeaselMustela nivalis2022
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2018

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummerwinter

2024

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2020

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects93 species

summer

2025

Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Painted Lady · Large White +88

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2019
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2019
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2023
Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Tachina feraTachina fera2022
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2022
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2021
Oulema obscuraOulema obscura2021
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2021
PondskaterGerris2021
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019
Oak BeautyBiston strataria2019
March MothAlsophila aescularia2019
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2019
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
Early MothTheria primaria2019
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2018
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2018
WallLasiommata megera2017
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2017
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2017
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2017
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2017
Straw DotRivula sericealis2017
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2017
Devon CarpetLampropteryx otregiata2017
Blood-veinTimandra comae2017

🌿

Plants125 species

summerautumn

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Common Fleabane · Meadowsweet · Common Chickweed · Common Ragwort +120

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2019
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2019
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Common ReedPhragmites australis2022
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2022
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii2021
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020
ElderSambucus nigra2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2019
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2018
Fat-henChenopodium album2018
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2018
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2018
DandelionTaraxacum2018
RapeBrassica napus2018
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2018
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2018
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2018
CleaversGalium aparine2018
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2018
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2023
Coastal RedwoodSequoia sempervirens2023
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2021
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2021
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2020
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2020
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2020
HazelCorylus avellana2020
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2020
IvyHedera helix2020
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019
Water MintMentha aquatica2019
Curled DockRumex crispus2019
Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria2019
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2019
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019
Field-roseRosa arvensis2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Rosa caninaRosa canina2019
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2019
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2019
Black MustardBrassica nigra2019
Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018
DaisyBellis perennis2018
TansyTanacetum vulgare2018
Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2018
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2018
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2018
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2018
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2018
YarrowAchillea millefolium2018
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2018
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2018
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2018
Red CampionSilene dioica2018
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2018
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2018
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2018
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2018
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2018
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018
Creeping Yellow-cressRorippa sylvestris2018
Common NettleUrtica dioica2018
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2018
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2018
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2018
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2018
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2018
White Dead-nettleLamium album2018
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2018
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2018
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2018
BrambleRubus2018
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2018
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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