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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.07952, -2.57280
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Hedgehog, Grey Squirrel, Rabbit +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Basil, Agrimony, Common Centaury +108 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Painted Lady, Brimstone, Common Blue +7 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Mordiford LoopWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
Three Choirs Way (Gloucester to Hereford)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Withington to Stanford Bishop)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Yarkhill - Barn By The Moat
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2,961 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Common Toad
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pyramidal Orchid · Salsify · Common Spotted-orchid · Coltsfoot
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Common Toad
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pyramidal Orchid · Salsify · Common Spotted-orchid · Coltsfoot
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024