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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🍄 Mushroom 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🍄 Mushroom 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
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lungwort Lichen, Peltigera collina, Sticta limbata +39 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Lungwort Lichen, Peltigera collina, Sticta limbata +39 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Jay, Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker +30 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Jay, Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker +30 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dark red crusts, Grass-of-Parnassus, Heather +66 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dark red crusts, Grass-of-Parnassus, Heather +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Large Red Damselfly, Speckled Wood +24 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Green-veined White, Large Red Damselfly, Speckled Wood +24 more · last seen 2021
Free
Plants — Hazel, Common Sorrel, Raspberry +7 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
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Wildlife to spot
509 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 509 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 29 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Jay · Swallow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Song Thrush +24
Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2021 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2020 Eider Somateria mollissima2020 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Siskin Spinus spinus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2022 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Magpie Pica pica2022 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2020 Gannet Morus bassanus2020 Coal Tit Periparus ater2019 Robin Erithacus rubecula2019 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2019 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2017 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2015 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2015 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Squirrel · Otter · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Field Vole +3
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Otter Lutra lutra2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Pine Marten Martes martes2023 Field Vole Microtus agrestis2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2019 ▾
Common Toad
Speckled Wood · Painted Lady · Small White · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green-veined White +14
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Peacock Aglais io Peltigera collina · Lungwort Lichen · Sticta limbata · Pannaria rubiginosa · Ricasolia virens +22
Peltigera collina Peltigera collina Lungwort Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria Sticta limbata Sticta limbata Pannaria rubiginosa Pannaria rubiginosa Ricasolia virens Ricasolia virens Gabura fascicularis Gabura fascicularis Usnea subfloridana Grass-of-Parnassus · Shore Horsetail · Downy Birch · Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia · American Skunk-cabbage +27
Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris2021 Shore Horsetail Equisetum arvense x fluviatile = E. x litorale2014 Downy Birch Betula pubescens2014 Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia2014 American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 509 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 29 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Jay · Swallow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Song Thrush +24
Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2021 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2020 Eider Somateria mollissima2020 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Siskin Spinus spinus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2022 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Magpie Pica pica2022 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2020 Gannet Morus bassanus2020 Coal Tit Periparus ater2019 Robin Erithacus rubecula2019 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2019 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2017 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2015 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2015 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Squirrel · Otter · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Field Vole +3
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Otter Lutra lutra2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Pine Marten Martes martes2023 Field Vole Microtus agrestis2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2019 ▾
Common Toad
Speckled Wood · Painted Lady · Small White · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green-veined White +14
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Peacock Aglais io Peltigera collina · Lungwort Lichen · Sticta limbata · Pannaria rubiginosa · Ricasolia virens +22
Peltigera collina Peltigera collina Lungwort Lichen Lobaria pulmonaria Sticta limbata Sticta limbata Pannaria rubiginosa Pannaria rubiginosa Ricasolia virens Ricasolia virens Gabura fascicularis Gabura fascicularis Usnea subfloridana Grass-of-Parnassus · Shore Horsetail · Downy Birch · Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia · American Skunk-cabbage +27
Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris2021 Shore Horsetail Equisetum arvense x fluviatile = E. x litorale2014 Downy Birch Betula pubescens2014 Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia Valeriana officinalis subsp. sambucifolia2014 American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2023
Talpa europaea2023
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina2020
Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina2020
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2016
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2016 2019
2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2019
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2015
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2015
Nicrophorus vespilloides Nicrophorus vespilloides
Nicrophorus vespilloides Nicrophorus vespilloides
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2019
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Speckled Hazel Dot Stigmella floslactella2019
Speckled Hazel Dot Stigmella floslactella2019
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2019
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2019
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata2016
Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata2016
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2014
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2014 Usnea subfloridana
Usnea subfloridana
Abrothallus welwitschii Abrothallus welwitschii
Abrothallus welwitschii Abrothallus welwitschii
Leptogium burgessii Leptogium burgessii
Leptogium burgessii Leptogium burgessii
Leptogium brebissonii Leptogium brebissonii
Leptogium brebissonii Leptogium brebissonii
Parmotrema perlatum Parmotrema perlatum
Parmotrema perlatum Parmotrema perlatum
Sticta sylvatica Sticta sylvatica
Sticta sylvatica Sticta sylvatica
Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. Sticta fuliginosa s. lat.
Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. Sticta fuliginosa s. lat.
Usnea fragilescens Usnea fragilescens
Usnea fragilescens Usnea fragilescens
Biatoropsis usnearum Biatoropsis usnearum
Biatoropsis usnearum Biatoropsis usnearum
Sticta canariensis Sticta canariensis
Sticta canariensis Sticta canariensis
Hypotrachyna laevigata Hypotrachyna laevigata
Hypotrachyna laevigata Hypotrachyna laevigata
Sticta ciliata Sticta ciliata
Sticta ciliata Sticta ciliata
Peltigera membranacea Peltigera membranacea
Peltigera membranacea Peltigera membranacea
Usnea dasopoga Usnea dasopoga
Usnea dasopoga Usnea dasopoga
Normandina pulchella Normandina pulchella
Normandina pulchella Normandina pulchella
Lobarina scrobiculata Lobarina scrobiculata
Lobarina scrobiculata Lobarina scrobiculata
Platismatia glauca Platismatia glauca
Platismatia glauca Platismatia glauca
Leptogium cyanescens Leptogium cyanescens
Leptogium cyanescens Leptogium cyanescens
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata
Birch Rust Melampsoridium betulinum2014
Birch Rust Melampsoridium betulinum2014
Ochre Aldercap Alnicola escharioides2014
Ochre Aldercap Alnicola escharioides2014 Tufted Hair-grass
Tufted Hair-grass
Deschampsia cespitosa2014
Deschampsia cespitosa2014
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2014
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2014
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum2014
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum2014
Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea2014
Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea2014
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2014
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2014
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2014
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2014
Geranium robertianum subsp. robertianum Geranium robertianum subsp. robertianum2014
Geranium robertianum subsp. robertianum Geranium robertianum subsp. robertianum2014
Lemon-scented Fern Oreopteris limbosperma2014
Lemon-scented Fern Oreopteris limbosperma2014
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2014
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2014
Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus2014
Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus2014
Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea2014
Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea2014
Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta2014
Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta Potentilla erecta subsp. erecta2014
Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris affinis2014
Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris affinis2014
Water Mint Mentha aquatica2014
Water Mint Mentha aquatica2014
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2014
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2014
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum2014
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum2014
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2014
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2014
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2014
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2014
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2014
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2014
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2014
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2014
Dryopteris affinis Dryopteris affinis2014
Dryopteris affinis Dryopteris affinis2014
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata2014
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata2014
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2014
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2014
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus2014
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus2014
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2014
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2014
Beech Fagus sylvatica2014
Beech Fagus sylvatica2014
Eared Willow Salix aurita2014
Eared Willow Salix aurita2014 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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