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56.58979, -5.74405
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Large Red Damselfly, Keeled Skimmer +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Wildlife to spot
5,323 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,323 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Wren · Blue Tit +42
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer · Beautiful Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Meliscaeva cinctella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,323 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Wren · Blue Tit +42
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Common Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer · Beautiful Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Meliscaeva cinctella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella
Scabious ClubhornAbia nitensScabious ClubhornAbia nitensMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum