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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
56.54021, -5.79082
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron 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
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron 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 — Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Robin +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Pine Marten, Wildcat, Red Squirrel +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Common Darter +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Bluebell, Cladophora +43 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Pseudocyphellaria intricata · last seen 2021
Varies
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Wildlife to spot
2,933 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,933 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Chaffinch · Robin +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RavenCorvus corax
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter · Tree Bumblebee · Beautiful Demoiselle +19
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
American Skunk-cabbage
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,933 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Chaffinch · Robin +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- RavenCorvus corax
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter · Tree Bumblebee · Beautiful Demoiselle +19
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
American Skunk-cabbage
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
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