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Getting here
56.15524, -5.18616
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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 Hooded Crow and Oystercatcher
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 Hooded Crow and Oystercatcher
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hooded Crow, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Hooded Crow, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Platismatia glauca, Hypotrachyna laevigata, Bay Polypore +7 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — encrusting algae indet., Common Tamarisk-moss, Little Shaggy-moss +228 more · last seen 2021
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Chirosia betuleti +12 more · last seen 2024
Free
Photos
Gunpowder mill dam (disused)
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,289 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,289 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Blue Tit · Collared Dove · Chaffinch · Oystercatcher +40
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Hedgehog · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pine MartenMartes martes2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
Marsham's Nomad Bee · Chocolate Mining Bee
- Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella
- Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Western Earwort · Isothecium myosuroides · Common Threadwort · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss +80
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
- Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,289 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHooded Crow · Blue Tit · Collared Dove · Chaffinch · Oystercatcher +40
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2023
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Squirrel · Pine Marten · Hedgehog · Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Roe Deer
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pine MartenMartes martes2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
Marsham's Nomad Bee · Chocolate Mining Bee
- Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella
- Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Western Earwort · Isothecium myosuroides · Common Threadwort · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss +80
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
- Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trunk Pawwort
Trunk Pawwort
Orthocaulis attenuatus
Orthocaulis attenuatus
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaBlunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustreBlunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustreOverleaf PelliaPellia epiphyllaOverleaf PelliaPellia epiphyllaCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensTwo-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidataTwo-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidataPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaStraggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosaStraggling PouchwortSaccogyna viticulosaToothed PouncewortDrepanolejeunea hamatifoliaToothed PouncewortDrepanolejeunea hamatifoliaCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumDotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatumDotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatumLong-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllumLong-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllumGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesShort-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostreShort-beaked Wood-mossLoeskeobryum brevirostreChionoloma tenuirostre s.l.Chionoloma tenuirostre s.l.Chionoloma tenuirostre s.l.Chionoloma tenuirostre s.l.Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensLustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitensFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumRusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosumRusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumGreen Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculareGreen Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculareBruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiBruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiRed Bog-mossSphagnum rubellumRed Bog-mossSphagnum rubellumPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesEven ScalewortRadula complanataEven ScalewortRadula complanataWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumWaved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatumCreeping FingerwortLepidozia reptansCreeping FingerwortLepidozia reptansUlota crispaUlota crispaUlota crispaUlota crispaPolytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloidesAloe HaircapPogonatum aloidesTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrusBig Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrusHair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophyllaHair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophyllaSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusWhite EarwortDiplophyllum albicansWhite EarwortDiplophyllum albicansSeaside GrimmiaSchistidium maritimumSeaside GrimmiaSchistidium maritimumLong-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioidesLong-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioidesLesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideusLesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideusFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumWhiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguineaWhiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguineaHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumHeath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicumYellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculareYellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium acicularePearl PouncewortLejeunea patensPearl PouncewortLejeunea patensHartman's GrimmiaGrimmia hartmaniiHartman's GrimmiaGrimmia hartmaniiTamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisciTamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisciOrkney NotchwortAnastrepta orcadensisOrkney NotchwortAnastrepta orcadensisGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensCow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatumCow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatumCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusMougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotiiMougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotiiShaded Wood-mossHylocomiastrum umbratumShaded Wood-mossHylocomiastrum umbratumHeterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterumGolden-head MossBreutelia chrysocomaGolden-head MossBreutelia chrysocomaFlagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricumFlagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricumBrown ScalewortRadula aquilegiaBrown ScalewortRadula aquilegiaBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusRusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosusNotched RustwortMarsupella emarginataNotched RustwortMarsupella emarginataSpotty FeatherwortPlagiochila punctataSpotty FeatherwortPlagiochila punctataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataFrizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaFrizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllanthaLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumSharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acutaSharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acutaChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumChalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscumCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumTransparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidumTransparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidumWood-rustCephalozia curvifoliaWood-rustCephalozia curvifoliaRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiDwarf NeckeraNeckera pumilaDwarf NeckeraNeckera pumilaFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaWater EarwortScapania undulataWater EarwortScapania undulataGreater Fork-mossDicranum majusGreater Fork-mossDicranum majusSpotty ScalewortFrullania fragilifoliaSpotty ScalewortFrullania fragilifoliaHair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferumHair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBroom 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