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Higher Hempshaw's Ruins

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

53.64196, -2.53456

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Kestrel, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Kestrel, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cross-leaved Heath, Cranberry, Bilberry +108 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cross-leaved Heath, Cranberry, Bilberry +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bilberry, Common Sorrel, Crowberry agg. +15 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Black Darter, Common Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Black Darter, Common Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route

Named route

Rotary WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km

GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod

Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route

Adlington Circular WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route143 m

Named routeRef 55Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 55Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 55Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 55Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

6,518 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,518 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

springsummer

2026

Wren · Kestrel · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +76

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
MagpiePica pica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
Great TitParus major2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2026

Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Hare · Stoat · Rabbit

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
StoatMustela erminea2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

winter

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects41 species

summer

2025

Black Darter · Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser +36

Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red-thighed EpeolusEpeolus cruciger
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Heather Mining BeeAndrena fuscipes2024
EpeolusEpeolus2024
Impunctate Mini-minerAndrena subopaca2024
Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2024
Fannia rondaniiFannia rondanii2024
Rhamphomyia sulcataRhamphomyia sulcata2024
Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma2024
Fannia serenaFannia serena2024
CheilosiaCheilosia2024
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Carabus nitensCarabus nitens2023
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2023
Chrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatum2023

🌿

Plants111 species

springsummer

2026

Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Bilberry · Marsh Violet · Bog Asphodel +106

Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Marsh VioletViola palustris2025
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2025
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2025
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2025
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2025
CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Star SedgeCarex echinata2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
ShallonGaultheria shallon2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Quaking-grassBriza media2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2025
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2025
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2025
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025
Common SedgeCarex nigra2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Sweet-flagAcorus calamus2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,518 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

springsummer

2026

Wren · Kestrel · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +76

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
MagpiePica pica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RavenCorvus corax2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
Great TitParus major2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2026

Roe Deer · Mole · Brown Hare · Stoat · Rabbit

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
StoatMustela erminea2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

winter

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects41 species

summer

2025

Black Darter · Common Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser +36

Black DarterSympetrum danae
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red-thighed EpeolusEpeolus cruciger
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Heather Mining BeeAndrena fuscipes2024
EpeolusEpeolus2024
Impunctate Mini-minerAndrena subopaca2024
Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2024
Fannia rondaniiFannia rondanii2024
Rhamphomyia sulcataRhamphomyia sulcata2024
Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma2024
Fannia serenaFannia serena2024
CheilosiaCheilosia2024
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Carabus nitensCarabus nitens2023
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2023
Chrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatum2023

🌿

Plants111 species

springsummer

2026

Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Bilberry · Marsh Violet · Bog Asphodel +106

Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2025
Marsh VioletViola palustris2025
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata2025
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2025
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2025
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2025
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
Crowberry agg.Empetrum nigrum2025
CrowberryEmpetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025
Star SedgeCarex echinata2025
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
ShallonGaultheria shallon2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Quaking-grassBriza media2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2025
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2025
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2025
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus2025
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2025
Common SedgeCarex nigra2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Round-leaved CrowfootRanunculus omiophyllus2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Sweet-flagAcorus calamus2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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