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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Wigeon
✦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

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Wigeon
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Wigeon, Shoveler +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Wigeon, Shoveler +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Southfield Chasepublic footpath · 185 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 185 mSurface dirtPath type: service

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Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route123 m

Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route181 m

Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route934 m

Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,689 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,689 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Black-tailed Godwit +62

PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Pandion haliaetus haliaetusPandion haliaetus haliaetus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025

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Mammals5 species

springautumn

2025

Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Rabbit

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

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Insects34 species

summer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Large White · Speckled Wood +29

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
PeacockAglais io
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
SyrphusSyrphus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
CommaPolygonia c-album
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
EupeodesEupeodes
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,689 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Black-tailed Godwit +62

PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Pandion haliaetus haliaetusPandion haliaetus haliaetus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumn

2025

Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Rabbit

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

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Insects34 species

summer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Large White · Speckled Wood +29

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
PeacockAglais io
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
SyrphusSyrphus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
CommaPolygonia c-album
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
EupeodesEupeodes
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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