Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.46794, -4.56748
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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 Robin and Herring Gull
- ✦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 Robin and Herring Gull
- ✦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
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Grey Squirrel, Mole +13 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hydropsyche siltalai, Sericostoma personatum, Silo pallipes +125 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,968 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,968 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Herring Gull · Wren · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2023
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle · Garden Chafer · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +4
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Fox-tail Feather-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,968 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Herring Gull · Wren · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2023
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle · Garden Chafer · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +4
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Fox-tail Feather-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2023Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2023