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Greenbank Playing Fields

14 ha

WildlifePicnicFamily

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

53.44673, -2.18322

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 209m away — 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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 209m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee +154 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee +154 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +33 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Herb-Robert, Wood Avens, Common Nettle +139 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Wood Avens, Common Nettle +139 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Etherow - Goyt Valley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

315 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Stretford CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Chorlton CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

13,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow +32

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2026

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Rabbit

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects157 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax +152

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025
Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Fannia serenaFannia serena2025
Meiosimyza roridaMeiosimyza rorida2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2025
Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemiPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi2025
Coenosia testaceaCoenosia testacea2025
Hydrophoria linogriseaHydrophoria linogrisea2025
Epiphragma ocellareEpiphragma ocellare2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma2025
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2025
Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Otiorhynchus auriferOtiorhynchus aurifer2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus2025
Hilara luridaHilara lurida2025
Empis lividaEmpis livida2025
Tricholauxania praeustaTricholauxania praeusta2025
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025
Stenopsocus immaculatusStenopsocus immaculatus2025
Botanophila seneciellaBotanophila seneciella2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025
Leptopeza flavipesLeptopeza flavipes2025
Helina reversioHelina reversio2025
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida2025
Paregle audaculaParegle audacula2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
Hebecnema nigraHebecnema nigra2025
Sapromyza sexpunctataSapromyza sexpunctata2025
Botanophila fugaxBotanophila fugax2025
Empis aestivaEmpis aestiva2025
Limnophora triangulaLimnophora triangula2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Coenosia humilisCoenosia humilis2025
Ocydromia glabriculaOcydromia glabricula2025
Rhamphomyia flavaRhamphomyia flava2025
Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2025
Delia platuraDelia platura2025
Platypalpus optivusPlatypalpus optivus2025
Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2025
Rhamphomyia lamellataRhamphomyia lamellata2025
Suillia pallidaSuillia pallida2025
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobiiDicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobii2025
Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025
Tipula uncaTipula unca2025
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025
Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025
Morellia aenescensMorellia aenescens2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025
Phaonia palpataPhaonia palpata2025
Suillia affinisSuillia affinis2025
Rhamphomyia nigripennisRhamphomyia nigripennis2025
Dicranomyia modestaDicranomyia modesta2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025
Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025
Delia florilegaDelia florilega2025
Coenosia infantulaCoenosia infantula2025
Helina setiventrisHelina setiventris2025
Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
OpomyzaOpomyza2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025
Nettle Pollen BeetleBrachypterus urticae2025
Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2025
European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
SitonaSitona2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2025
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
NeoasciaNeoascia2025
MelanostomaMelanostoma2025

🌿

Plants142 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Herb-Robert · Wood Avens · Common Nettle · White Clover · Fox-and-cubs +137

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
IvyHedera helix
HazelCorylus avellana2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Spring StarflowerTristagma uniflorum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Bird CherryPrunus padus2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
Water BentPolypogon viridis2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2025
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Maltese-crossSilene chalcedonica2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
White DogwoodCornus alba2025
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Camassia leichtliniiCamassia leichtlinii2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Solanum crispumSolanum crispum2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Hare's-tailLagurus ovatus2025
Great Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophylla2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,763 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow +32

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2026

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Rabbit

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects157 species

summer

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax +152

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025
Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Fannia serenaFannia serena2025
Meiosimyza roridaMeiosimyza rorida2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2025
Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemiPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi2025
Coenosia testaceaCoenosia testacea2025
Hydrophoria linogriseaHydrophoria linogrisea2025
Epiphragma ocellareEpiphragma ocellare2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma2025
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2025
Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Bombus terrestris subsp. audaxBombus terrestris subsp. audax
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Otiorhynchus auriferOtiorhynchus aurifer2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus2025
Hilara luridaHilara lurida2025
Empis lividaEmpis livida2025
Tricholauxania praeustaTricholauxania praeusta2025
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025
Stenopsocus immaculatusStenopsocus immaculatus2025
Botanophila seneciellaBotanophila seneciella2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025
Leptopeza flavipesLeptopeza flavipes2025
Helina reversioHelina reversio2025
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida2025
Paregle audaculaParegle audacula2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
Hebecnema nigraHebecnema nigra2025
Sapromyza sexpunctataSapromyza sexpunctata2025
Botanophila fugaxBotanophila fugax2025
Empis aestivaEmpis aestiva2025
Limnophora triangulaLimnophora triangula2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Coenosia humilisCoenosia humilis2025
Ocydromia glabriculaOcydromia glabricula2025
Rhamphomyia flavaRhamphomyia flava2025
Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2025
Delia platuraDelia platura2025
Platypalpus optivusPlatypalpus optivus2025
Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2025
Rhamphomyia lamellataRhamphomyia lamellata2025
Suillia pallidaSuillia pallida2025
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobiiDicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobii2025
Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025
Tipula uncaTipula unca2025
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2025
Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025
Morellia aenescensMorellia aenescens2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025
Phaonia palpataPhaonia palpata2025
Suillia affinisSuillia affinis2025
Rhamphomyia nigripennisRhamphomyia nigripennis2025
Dicranomyia modestaDicranomyia modesta2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025
Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025
Delia florilegaDelia florilega2025
Coenosia infantulaCoenosia infantula2025
Helina setiventrisHelina setiventris2025
Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
OpomyzaOpomyza2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025
Nettle Pollen BeetleBrachypterus urticae2025
Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2025
European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
SitonaSitona2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025
Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2025
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
NeoasciaNeoascia2025
MelanostomaMelanostoma2025

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Plants142 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Herb-Robert · Wood Avens · Common Nettle · White Clover · Fox-and-cubs +137

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
IvyHedera helix
HazelCorylus avellana2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Spring StarflowerTristagma uniflorum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Bird CherryPrunus padus2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
Water BentPolypogon viridis2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2025
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Maltese-crossSilene chalcedonica2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
White DogwoodCornus alba2025
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Camassia leichtliniiCamassia leichtlinii2025
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Solanum crispumSolanum crispum2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Hare's-tailLagurus ovatus2025
Great Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophylla2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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