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Haddock's Wood Playing Fields

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Getting here

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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
⚽Playing fields 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Willow Tit, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Willow Tit, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Brimstone Moth, Common Marbled Carpet, Light Emerald +194 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brimstone Moth, Common Marbled Carpet, Light Emerald +194 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Hogweed, Bristly Oxtongue · last seen 2025; Plants — Hogweed, Bristly Oxtongue · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cheshire CircuitWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Weaver WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

151 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Runcorn LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

11 Whittle HallCycling route

Named routeRef 11Local cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

82,615 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

82,615 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Willow Tit · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Canada Goose +75

Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Hedge AccentorPrunella modularis occidentalis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Harvest Mouse +4

MoleTalpa europaea
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐟

Fish5 species

autumn

2025

Common Carp · Roach · Gudgeon · Rudd · Perch

Common CarpCyprinus carpio
RoachRutilus rutilus
GudgeonGobio gobio
RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus
PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects197 species

summer

2025

Brimstone Moth · Common Marbled Carpet · Light Emerald · Flame Shoulder · Common Carpet +192

Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
Common White WaveCabera pusaria
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Straw DotRivula sericealis
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum
Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula
May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Silver YAutographa gamma
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
BlackneckLygephila pastinum
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
BrickSunira circellaris
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Common WaveCabera exanthemata
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda
Dingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillon
Peppered MothBiston betularia
FlameAxylia putris
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala
December MothPoecilocampa populi
Winter MothOperophtera brumata
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
White-faced TortrixPandemis cinnamomeana
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi
Dingy ShellEuchoeca nebulata
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius
Round-winged MuslinThumatha senex
White Satin MothLeucoma salicis
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides
Common RusticMesapamea secalis
Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Silky WainscotChilodes maritima
ClayMythimna ferrago
Dun-barCosmia trapezina
Ear MothAmphipoea oculea
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae
Sandy CarpetPerizoma flavofasciata
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata
Short-cloaked MothNola cucullatella
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
CrambidaeCrambidae
Green Oak TortrixTortrix viridana
Peach BlossomThyatira batis
Black RusticAporophyla nigra
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia
Brown Oak TortrixArchips crataegana
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria
VapourerOrgyia antiqua
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
Ochreous PearlAnania crocealis
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura
Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralis
SallowCirrhia icteritia
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella
Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina
Freyer's PugEupithecia intricata subsp. arceuthata
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
Rosy Knot-hornOncocera semirubella
Buff FootmanEilema depressa
Garden PebbleEvergestis forficalis
Double-striped TabbyHypsopygia glaucinalis
Small MagpieAnania hortulata
Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina
Burdock StrawAethes rubigana
Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris
Lesser PearlSitochroa verticalis
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis
Marbled MinorOligia strigilis
Plemyria rubiginata plumbataPlemyria rubiginata plumbata
Garden TigerArctia caja
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina
Common HeathEmaturga atomaria
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea
Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana
Common FootmanEilema lurideola
Oak NycteolineNycteola revayana
OliveIpimorpha subtusa
Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens
Eyed Hawk-mothSmerinthus ocellata
Scarce Silver-linesBena bicolorana
Common PugEupithecia vulgata
SycamoreAcronicta aceris
RivuletPerizoma affinitata
Early ThornSelenia dentaria
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac
Bordered BeautyEpione repandaria
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria
Small Angle ShadesEuplexia lucipara
SuspectedParastichtis suspecta
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lunar Hornet MothSesia bembeciformis
MillerAcronicta leporina
Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata
Large LonghornNematopogon swammerdamella
StreamerAnticlea derivata
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
Alder KittenFurcula bicuspis
Figure of EightyTethea ocularis
White-pinion SpottedLomographa bimaculata
HedyaHedya
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha
SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants3 species

summerwinter

2025

Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue

Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

82,615 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Willow Tit · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Canada Goose +75

Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Hedge AccentorPrunella modularis occidentalis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Harvest Mouse +4

MoleTalpa europaea
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐟

Fish5 species

autumn

2025

Common Carp · Roach · Gudgeon · Rudd · Perch

Common CarpCyprinus carpio
RoachRutilus rutilus
GudgeonGobio gobio
RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus
PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects197 species

summer

2025

Brimstone Moth · Common Marbled Carpet · Light Emerald · Flame Shoulder · Common Carpet +192

Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
Common White WaveCabera pusaria
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Straw DotRivula sericealis
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum
Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula
May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Silver YAutographa gamma
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
BlackneckLygephila pastinum
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
BrickSunira circellaris
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Common WaveCabera exanthemata
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda
Dingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillon
Peppered MothBiston betularia
FlameAxylia putris
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala
December MothPoecilocampa populi
Winter MothOperophtera brumata
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
White-faced TortrixPandemis cinnamomeana
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi
Dingy ShellEuchoeca nebulata
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius
Round-winged MuslinThumatha senex
White Satin MothLeucoma salicis
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides
Common RusticMesapamea secalis
Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Silky WainscotChilodes maritima
ClayMythimna ferrago
Dun-barCosmia trapezina
Ear MothAmphipoea oculea
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae
Sandy CarpetPerizoma flavofasciata
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata
Short-cloaked MothNola cucullatella
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
CrambidaeCrambidae
Green Oak TortrixTortrix viridana
Peach BlossomThyatira batis
Black RusticAporophyla nigra
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia
Brown Oak TortrixArchips crataegana
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria
VapourerOrgyia antiqua
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
Ochreous PearlAnania crocealis
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura
Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralis
SallowCirrhia icteritia
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella
Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina
Freyer's PugEupithecia intricata subsp. arceuthata
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
Rosy Knot-hornOncocera semirubella
Buff FootmanEilema depressa
Garden PebbleEvergestis forficalis
Double-striped TabbyHypsopygia glaucinalis
Small MagpieAnania hortulata
Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina
Burdock StrawAethes rubigana
Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris
Lesser PearlSitochroa verticalis
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis
Marbled MinorOligia strigilis
Plemyria rubiginata plumbataPlemyria rubiginata plumbata
Garden TigerArctia caja
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina
Common HeathEmaturga atomaria
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea
Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana
Common FootmanEilema lurideola
Oak NycteolineNycteola revayana
OliveIpimorpha subtusa
Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens
Eyed Hawk-mothSmerinthus ocellata
Scarce Silver-linesBena bicolorana
Common PugEupithecia vulgata
SycamoreAcronicta aceris
RivuletPerizoma affinitata
Early ThornSelenia dentaria
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac
Bordered BeautyEpione repandaria
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria
Small Angle ShadesEuplexia lucipara
SuspectedParastichtis suspecta
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lunar Hornet MothSesia bembeciformis
MillerAcronicta leporina
Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata
Large LonghornNematopogon swammerdamella
StreamerAnticlea derivata
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
Alder KittenFurcula bicuspis
Figure of EightyTethea ocularis
White-pinion SpottedLomographa bimaculata
HedyaHedya
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha
SyrphusSyrphus

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Plants3 species

summerwinter

2025

Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue

Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Neil Kennedy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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