Moated site at Ganwick Farm, 580m west of House Farm
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.11631, 0.48214
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Kestrel
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Kestrel
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Kestrel, Pheasant +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Kestrel, Pheasant +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Physcia stellaris, Myriolecis antiqua, Circinaria calcarea +43 more · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eupeodes luniger, Large White, Small White +85 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Burnet-saxifrage, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Bird's-claw Beard-moss +74 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
Footpath off country lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,162 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,162 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Stock Dove +47
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper +17
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
Meadow Saxifrage
- Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,162 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Stock Dove +47
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper +17
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
Meadow Saxifrage
- Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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