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Getting here
51.80270, -4.97027
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Creative Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Creative Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Dor Beetle +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Daisy, White Dead-nettle, Japanese Knotweed +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Scotchwell woods footpathpublic footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mSurface dirtPath type: steps
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route677 m▾
Named routeRef 4Length 677 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route391 m▾
Named routeLength 391 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 4Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route607 m▾
Named routeRef 4Length 607 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
28,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,281 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Harvest Mouse
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🐝Insects1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Daisy · White Dead-nettle · Japanese Knotweed · Gorse · Red Campion +9
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- GorseUlex
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,281 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Harvest Mouse
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🐝Insects1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Daisy · White Dead-nettle · Japanese Knotweed · Gorse · Red Campion +9
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- GorseUlex
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
