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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Fulmar ✦ 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
🐦 48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Fulmar ✦ 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
Strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Fulmar, Great Black-backed Gull +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Fulmar, Great Black-backed Gull +45 more · last seen 2025
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Birds — Oystercatcher, Fulmar, Great Black-backed Gull +45 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Fulmar, Great Black-backed Gull +45 more · last seen 2025
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Frog Orchid, encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts +13 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Frog Orchid, encrusting algae indet., Dark red crusts +13 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Wood Tiger · last seen 2019; Insects — Wood Tiger · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Little Ayre to Hams circular Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Mavis Grind Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route Surface core_path
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Hams Track Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Mill stream leading to North Ham
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Wildlife to spot
339 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 339 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Fulmar · Black Guillemot · Herring Gull +42
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Herring Gull Larus argentatus Raven Corvus corax Rock Dove Columba livia Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Shag Gulosus aristotelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Common Gull Larus canus Eider Somateria mollissima Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Redshank Tringa totanus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Greylag Goose Anser anser Wigeon Mareca penelope2024 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Skylark Alauda arvensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Twite Linaria flavirostris2024 Gannet Morus bassanus Razorbill Alca torda Common Guillemot Uria aalge House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2016 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2013 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2011 Goosander Mergus merganser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2024 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2016 Puffin Fratercula arctica2011 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2010 Wood Tiger
Wood Tiger Parasemia plantaginis Field Gentian · Dwarf Juniper · Creeping Willow · Silver Hawkweed · Glaucous Dog-Rose +3
Field Gentian Gentianella campestris Dwarf Juniper Juniperus communis subsp. nana2017 Creeping Willow Salix repens2016 Silver Hawkweed Hieracium argenteum2016 Glaucous Dog-Rose Rosa vosagiaca2016 Mountain Everlasting Antennaria dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 339 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Fulmar · Black Guillemot · Herring Gull +42
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Herring Gull Larus argentatus Raven Corvus corax Rock Dove Columba livia Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Shag Gulosus aristotelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2024 Curlew Numenius arquata2024 Common Gull Larus canus Eider Somateria mollissima Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Redshank Tringa totanus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Greylag Goose Anser anser Wigeon Mareca penelope2024 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Skylark Alauda arvensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Twite Linaria flavirostris2024 Gannet Morus bassanus Razorbill Alca torda Common Guillemot Uria aalge House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2016 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2013 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2011 Goosander Mergus merganser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2024 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2016 Puffin Fratercula arctica2011 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2010 Wood Tiger
Wood Tiger Parasemia plantaginis Field Gentian · Dwarf Juniper · Creeping Willow · Silver Hawkweed · Glaucous Dog-Rose +3
Field Gentian Gentianella campestris Dwarf Juniper Juniperus communis subsp. nana2017 Creeping Willow Salix repens2016 Silver Hawkweed Hieracium argenteum2016 Glaucous Dog-Rose Rosa vosagiaca2016 Mountain Everlasting Antennaria dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi2016
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi2016
Heath Dog-violet Viola canina2013
Heath Dog-violet Viola canina2013 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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