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John Bryan Esquire Fountain

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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
☕Home Dzert — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Home Dzert — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Volucella inanis, Birch Shieldbug +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Volucella inanis, Birch Shieldbug +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Common Fleabane, Stinking Iris · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, Common Fleabane, Stinking Iris · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route260 m

Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route690 m

Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route812 m

Named routeRef 552Length 812 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route941 m

Named routeRef 552Length 941 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 552Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Blue Tit +39

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PochardAythya ferina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RavenCorvus corax
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Blue Tit +39

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TealAnas crecca
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
PochardAythya ferina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RavenCorvus corax
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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