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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion 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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Carrion 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
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Platycheirus albimanus, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Dark-edged Bee-fly +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Snowdrop, Harebell, Enchanter's-nightshade +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Wildlife to spot
1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Dunnock · Goldcrest · Grey Partridge · Whinchat +3
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus · Stenophylax permistus · Parent Bug +20
- Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Snowdrop · Coltsfoot · Sycamore · Ash · Rosebay Willowherb +141
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2022
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
- AshFraxinus excelsior2022
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Dunnock · Goldcrest · Grey Partridge · Whinchat +3
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Red Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2020
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus · Stenophylax permistus · Parent Bug +20
- Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Snowdrop · Coltsfoot · Sycamore · Ash · Rosebay Willowherb +141
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2022
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
- AshFraxinus excelsior2022
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Cuckoo Bee
Field Cuckoo Bee
Bombus campestris2024
Bombus campestris2024
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestrisCalocoris (Calocoris) alpestris2024Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestrisCalocoris (Calocoris) alpestris2024Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2024Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2024Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2024Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2024Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2022Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2022SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2022SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2022Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2022Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2022Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2022Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2022Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2021Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2021Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor2021Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor2021PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2020PlatycheirusPlatycheirus20202022
2022
HarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaSoft-rushJuncus effusus2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2022Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2022PignutConopodium majus2022PignutConopodium majus2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2022Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022Sessile OakQuercus petraea2022Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2022Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Common SedgeCarex nigra2022Common SedgeCarex nigra2022Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2022Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2022Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2022Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022Field PansyViola arvensis2022Field PansyViola arvensis2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2022GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2022Erophila vernaErophila verna2022Erophila vernaErophila verna2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2022Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2022Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2022Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2022Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022GorseUlex europaeus2022GorseUlex europaeus2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2022Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022CleaversGalium aparine2022CleaversGalium aparine2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022BroomCytisus scoparius2022BroomCytisus scoparius2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022ElderSambucus nigra2022ElderSambucus nigra2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Bush VetchVicia sepium2022Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2022Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2022Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2022White CampionSilene latifolia2022White CampionSilene latifolia2022Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2022Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis2022daffodilsNarcissus2022daffodilsNarcissus2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022Common OracheAtriplex patula2022Common OracheAtriplex patula2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022OrpineHylotelephium telephium2022OrpineHylotelephium telephium2022CrosswortCruciata laevipes2022CrosswortCruciata laevipes2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2022Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2022Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Rosa mollisRosa mollis2022Rosa mollisRosa mollis2022BugleAjuga reptans2022BugleAjuga reptans2022Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2022Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022Eared WillowSalix aurita2022Eared WillowSalix aurita2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022BurdockArctium2022BurdockArctium2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022RowanSorbus aucuparia2022Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2022Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2022Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2022Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Bog BilberryVaccinium uliginosum2022Bog BilberryVaccinium uliginosum2022Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2022Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2022Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022DandelionTaraxacum2022DandelionTaraxacum2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022LarchLarix2022LarchLarix2022Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2022Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Common BistortBistorta officinalis2021Common BistortBistorta officinalis2021MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2021MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2021