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▾ 🐦 43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Gull and Hooded Crow ✦ 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
🐦 43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Common Gull and Hooded Crow ✦ 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
Strong match
Birds — Common Gull, Hooded Crow, Fulmar +40 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Common Gull, Hooded Crow, Fulmar +40 more · last seen 2024
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Silver-ground Carpet +116 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Silver-ground Carpet +116 more · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Common Gull, Hooded Crow, Fulmar +40 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Common Gull, Hooded Crow, Fulmar +40 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Pink Purslane, Sea Plantain, Fuchsia +7 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pink Purslane, Sea Plantain, Fuchsia +7 more · last seen 2025
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Wildlife to spot
6,097 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,097 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring autumn
2024 ▾
Common Gull · Hooded Crow · Fulmar · Curlew · Oystercatcher +36
Common Gull Larus canus2023 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2023 Curlew Numenius arquata2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Wigeon Mareca penelope2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2023 Eider Somateria mollissima2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2022 Redshank Tringa totanus2022 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2022 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2022 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2022 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Rock Dove Columba livia2022 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2021 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2019 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2019 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2019 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2019 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis2019 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2019 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2019 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2019 Large Yellow Underwing · Rosy Rustic · Square-spot Rustic · Dark Arches · Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +39
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea2019 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa2019 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2019 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe2019 Common Rustic 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Pink Purslane · Hieracium subscoticum · Sea Plantain · Fuchsia · Black Spleenwort +5
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica2024 Hieracium subscoticum Hieracium subscoticum2022 Sea Plantain Plantago maritima Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,097 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring autumn
2024 ▾
Common Gull · Hooded Crow · Fulmar · Curlew · Oystercatcher +36
Common Gull Larus canus2023 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis2023 Curlew Numenius arquata2023 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Wigeon Mareca penelope2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2023 Eider Somateria mollissima2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2022 Redshank Tringa totanus2022 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2022 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2022 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2022 Great Skua Stercorarius skua2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Rock Dove Columba livia2022 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2021 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2019 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2019 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2019 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2019 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis2019 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2019 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2019 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2019 Large Yellow Underwing · Rosy Rustic · Square-spot Rustic · Dark Arches · Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +39
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea2019 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa2019 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2019 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe2019 Common Rustic 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Pink Purslane · Hieracium subscoticum · Sea Plantain · Fuchsia · Black Spleenwort +5
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica2024 Hieracium subscoticum Hieracium subscoticum2022 Sea Plantain Plantago maritima Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mesapamea secalis2019
Mesapamea secalis2019
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata2019
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata2019
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota2019
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota2019
Silver Y Autographa gamma2019
Silver Y Autographa gamma2019
July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata2019
July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata2019
Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa2019
Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa2019
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2019
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2019
Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura2019
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura2019
Ear Moth Amphipoea oculea2019
Ear Moth Amphipoea oculea2019
Brick Sunira circellaris2019
Brick Sunira circellaris2019
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis2019
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis2019
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia2019
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia2019
Garden Tiger Arctia caja2019
Garden Tiger Arctia caja2019
Northern Spinach Eulithis populata2019
Northern Spinach Eulithis populata2019
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee Bombus bohemicus2021
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee Bombus bohemicus2021
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2020
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2020
Red Sword-grass Xylena vetusta2019
Red Sword-grass Xylena vetusta2019
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum2019
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum2019
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2019
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2019
Brindled Ochre Dasypolia templi2019
Brindled Ochre Dasypolia templi2019
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2019
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2019
Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix2019
Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix2019
Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa2019
Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa2019
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata2019
Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata2019
Red Carpet Xanthorhoe decoloraria2019
Red Carpet Xanthorhoe decoloraria2019
Twin-spot Carpet Mesotype didymata2019
Twin-spot Carpet Mesotype didymata2019
Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii2019
Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii2019
Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria2019
Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria2019
Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata2019
Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata2019
Chevron Eulithis testata2019
Chevron Eulithis testata2019
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata2019
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata2019
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma2019
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma2019
White-line Dart Euxoa tritici2019
White-line Dart Euxoa tritici2019
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2019
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2019
Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria2019
Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria2019
Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata2019
Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata2019 2023
2023
Changing Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor2023
Changing Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor2023
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2023
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2023
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2023
Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella2023
Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella2023 