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57.73153, -4.92164
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Hooded Crow, Raven +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Hooded Crow, Raven +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Heath Rush, Common Butterwort, Heath Bedstraw +219 more · last seen 2017
Free
Plants — Bilberry, Wild Thyme, Crowberry agg. +17 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
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Wildlife to spot
2,410 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,410 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Meadow Pipit · Greenshank · Ptarmigan · Chaffinch · Common Sandpiper +43
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Greenshank Tringa nebularia Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Raven Corvus corax Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Merlin Falco columbarius Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Wigeon Mareca penelope2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Goosander Mergus merganser2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica Barn Owl Tyto alba Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2023 Teal Anas crecca2023 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2021 Red Deer · Mountain Hare
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Mountain Hare Lepus timidus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +5
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2022 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Drinker Euthrix potatoria2023 Petty Whin · Black Bog-rush · Bottle Sedge · Scottish Asphodel · Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta +3
Petty Whin Genista anglica Black Bog-rush Schoenus nigricans2022 Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata2022 Scottish Asphodel Tofieldia pusilla2022 Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta2022 Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,410 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Meadow Pipit · Greenshank · Ptarmigan · Chaffinch · Common Sandpiper +43
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Greenshank Tringa nebularia Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Raven Corvus corax Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Merlin Falco columbarius Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Wigeon Mareca penelope2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Goosander Mergus merganser2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica Barn Owl Tyto alba Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2023 Teal Anas crecca2023 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2021 Red Deer · Mountain Hare
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Mountain Hare Lepus timidus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +5
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2022 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Drinker Euthrix potatoria2023 Petty Whin · Black Bog-rush · Bottle Sedge · Scottish Asphodel · Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta +3
Petty Whin Genista anglica Black Bog-rush Schoenus nigricans2022 Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata2022 Scottish Asphodel Tofieldia pusilla2022 Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta2022 Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) myricae
Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) myricae
Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) myricae2022
Myzocallis (Agrioaphis) myricae2022
Tetanocera fuscinervis Tetanocera fuscinervis2021
Tetanocera fuscinervis Tetanocera fuscinervis2021
Herina frondescentiae Herina frondescentiae2021
Herina frondescentiae Herina frondescentiae2021
Dictya umbrarum Dictya umbrarum2021
Dictya umbrarum Dictya umbrarum2021 Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella2022
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. pulchella2022
Bog Pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius2022
Bog Pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius2022
Broad-leaved Cottongrass Eriophorum latifolium2022
Broad-leaved Cottongrass Eriophorum latifolium2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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