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🐄Farms🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
52.56453, 0.93705
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Melsop Farm Park on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Melsop Farm Park on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Arches, Common Footman, Large Yellow Underwing +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Beech, Sun Spurge, Field Maple +61 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,516 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,516 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Great Tit · Barn Owl · Blackbird · Blue Tit +53
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2021
- EiderSomateria mollissima2019
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor2019
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2022▾
Muntjac · Mole · Hedgehog · Red Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Speckled Wood · Holly Blue · Gorse Shieldbug · Common Earwig +25
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Field Grasshopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,516 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Great Tit · Barn Owl · Blackbird · Blue Tit +53
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2021
- EiderSomateria mollissima2019
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor2019
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2022▾
Muntjac · Mole · Hedgehog · Red Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Speckled Wood · Holly Blue · Gorse Shieldbug · Common Earwig +25
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Field Grasshopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus brunneus2025
Chorthippus brunneus2025
Trioza remotaTrioza remota2024Trioza remotaTrioza remota2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2024Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2024Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2021Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2021Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2020Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2020Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2019Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019