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Monkland Cheese Dairy and Farm Shop

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52.21343, -2.79932

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Blackbird
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Blackbird
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Farm visit

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Blackbird, Blue Tit +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Blackbird, Blue Tit +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Torth Felen, Tawny Funnel, Brown Rollrim +41 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Torth Felen, Tawny Funnel, Brown Rollrim +41 more · last seen 2019

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bulbous Buttercup, Petty Spurge, Herb-Robert +150 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Bulbous Buttercup, Petty Spurge, Herb-Robert +150 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Pedunculate Oak, Bramble +21 more foraging species

Varies

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km

Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,109 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,109 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Wren · Mallard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +58

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
TealAnas crecca2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great TitParus major2024
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

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Mammals3 species

wintersummer

2025

Hedgehog · Otter · Stoat

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2023
StoatMustela erminea2023

🌿

Plants12 species

summer

2022

Spear Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Lady's Bedstraw · Oxeye Daisy · Yorkshire-fog +7

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,109 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Wren · Mallard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +58

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WigeonMareca penelope2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
TealAnas crecca2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great TitParus major2024
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

wintersummer

2025

Hedgehog · Otter · Stoat

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2023
StoatMustela erminea2023

🌿

Plants12 species

summer

2022

Spear Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Lady's Bedstraw · Oxeye Daisy · Yorkshire-fog +7

Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Hinkley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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