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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
58.51425, -3.49483
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🍄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
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cortinarius caninus, Slimy Webcap, Sickener +86 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bombus lucorum, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +17 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Glaucous Sedge, Floating Sweet-grass, Water Mint +21 more · last seen 2016
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
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Wildlife to spot
1,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Collared Dove +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Bombus lucorum · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +2
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
- BumblebeeBombus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
Rufous Milkcap · Inocybe proximella · Amanita'r Gwybed · Jellied Bolete · Purple Stocking Webcap +4
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
- Inocybe proximellaInocybe proximella
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
- Jellied BoleteSuillus flavidus
- Purple Stocking WebcapCortinarius stillatitius
- Cortinarius biformisCortinarius biformis
- Cinnamon Webcap
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Collared Dove +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Bombus lucorum · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +2
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
- BumblebeeBombus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
Rufous Milkcap · Inocybe proximella · Amanita'r Gwybed · Jellied Bolete · Purple Stocking Webcap +4
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
- Inocybe proximellaInocybe proximella
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
- Jellied BoleteSuillus flavidus
- Purple Stocking WebcapCortinarius stillatitius
- Cortinarius biformisCortinarius biformis
- Cinnamon Webcap
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cortinarius cinnamomeus
Cortinarius cinnamomeus
False Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimusFalse Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimusSickenerRussula emeticaSickenerRussula emetica