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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Dogs welcome
Getting here
56.32524, -5.07936
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦29+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Crossbill and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦29+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Crossbill and Chaffinch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Crossbill, Chaffinch, Robin +26 more · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Crossbill, Chaffinch, Robin +26 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Norwegian Wasp, Scotch Argus +4 more · last seen 2021
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Wildlife to spot
380 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
380 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Hooded Crow · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Great Tit +5
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2018
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2018
Pine Marten
Norwegian Wasp · Scotch Argus · Leucozona laternaria · Green-veined White · Eristalis tenax +1
- Norwegian WaspDolichovespula norwegica
- Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- PeacockAglais io
Bell Heather · Tormentil · Broad-leaved Cottongrass · Eyebright · Heather +127
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Broad-leaved CottongrassEriophorum latifolium
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
380 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Hooded Crow · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler · Great Tit +5
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2018
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2018
Pine Marten
Norwegian Wasp · Scotch Argus · Leucozona laternaria · Green-veined White · Eristalis tenax +1
- Norwegian WaspDolichovespula norwegica
- Scotch ArgusErebia aethiops
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- PeacockAglais io
Bell Heather · Tormentil · Broad-leaved Cottongrass · Eyebright · Heather +127
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Broad-leaved CottongrassEriophorum latifolium
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
