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Green Gill - Mixed woodland

29 ha

📷 Luke Shaw · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.75134, -2.74011

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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 — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

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Wildlife to spot

1,757 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,757 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants177 species

summer

2025

Field Forget-me-not · Toad Rush · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Lesser Stitchwort · Stellaria media +172

Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
TimothyPhleum pratense
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
NipplewortLapsana communis
BurdockArctium
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Bearded CouchElymus caninus
Common CouchElymus repens
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Red CampionSilene dioica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
BeechFagus sylvatica
Rosa mollisRosa mollis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
MoliniaMolinia
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
AspenPopulus tremula
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
European LarchLarix decidua
Curled DockRumex crispus
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
CleaversGalium aparine
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
DandelionTaraxacum
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Slender SedgeCarex lasiocarpa
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Marsh VioletViola palustris
HazelCorylus avellana
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,757 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants177 species

summer

2025

Field Forget-me-not · Toad Rush · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Lesser Stitchwort · Stellaria media +172

Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
TimothyPhleum pratense
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
NipplewortLapsana communis
BurdockArctium
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Bearded CouchElymus caninus
Common CouchElymus repens
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Red CampionSilene dioica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
BeechFagus sylvatica
Rosa mollisRosa mollis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
MoliniaMolinia
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
AspenPopulus tremula
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Trichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
European LarchLarix decidua
Curled DockRumex crispus
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
CleaversGalium aparine
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
DandelionTaraxacum
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Slender SedgeCarex lasiocarpa
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Marsh VioletViola palustris
HazelCorylus avellana
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 Luke Shaw · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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