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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome139 ha
Getting here
52.16312, -2.99642
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦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 — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +34 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Oak, Ivy +154 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Mortimer TrailWalking route48 km▾
Named routeLength 48 kmRegional walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Highmoorpublic footpath · 139 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 139 mPath type: footway
Nieuportpublic footpath · 1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1 kmSurface grassPath type: footway
Spond Lanepublic footpath · 61 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 61 mSurface groundPath type: track
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Wales & border)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Radnor RingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 825National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 825Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route535 m▾
Named routeRef 825Length 535 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,369 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,369 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Blue Tit · Starling · Robin +12
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Slow-worm
Garden Chafer · 14-spot Ladybird · Volucella bombylans · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoverfly +1
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021
- HoverflySyrphidae2021
- AphidAphididae2021
🌿Plants110 species
summerwinter
2024▾
Bramble · Ash · Oak · Hazel · Creeping Buttercup +105
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
- AshFraxinus excelsior2022
- OakQuercus2022
- HazelCorylus avellana2022
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
- Bracken
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,369 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Blue Tit · Starling · Robin +12
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Slow-worm
Garden Chafer · 14-spot Ladybird · Volucella bombylans · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoverfly +1
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021
- HoverflySyrphidae2021
- AphidAphididae2021
🌿Plants110 species
summerwinter
2024▾
Bramble · Ash · Oak · Hazel · Creeping Buttercup +105
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
- AshFraxinus excelsior2022
- OakQuercus2022
- HazelCorylus avellana2022
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
- Bracken
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pteridium aquilinum2022
Pteridium aquilinum2022
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sylvatica2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022Dog-roseRosa canina2022Dog-roseRosa canina2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022BryoniaBryonia2022BryoniaBryonia2022ThistleCirsium2022ThistleCirsium2022Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022CowslipPrimula veris2021CowslipPrimula veris2021Black MedickMedicago lupulina2021Black MedickMedicago lupulina2021ToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2022Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022SanicleSanicula europaea2022SanicleSanicula europaea2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022BetonyBetonica officinalis2022BetonyBetonica officinalis2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022WoodruffGalium odoratum2022WoodruffGalium odoratum2022YewTaxus baccata2022YewTaxus baccata2022Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2022Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wych ElmUlmus glabra2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2022Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2022Field MapleAcer campestre2022Field MapleAcer campestre2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022St. John's-WortHypericum2022St. John's-WortHypericum2022Red FescueFestuca rubra2022Red FescueFestuca rubra2022Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2022Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022MistletoeViscum album2022MistletoeViscum album2022Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2021MalvaMalva2021MalvaMalva2021KnapweedCentaurea2021KnapweedCentaurea2021Scots PinePinus sylvestris2021Scots PinePinus sylvestris2021CamelliaCamellia2021CamelliaCamellia2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021LilacSyringa vulgaris2021LilacSyringa vulgaris2021Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2021Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2021ValerianValeriana2021ValerianValeriana2021AppleMalus2021AppleMalus2021DaisyBellis perennis2021DaisyBellis perennis2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2021Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2021daffodilsNarcissus2021daffodilsNarcissus2021BuxusBuxus2021BuxusBuxus2021Sow ThistleSonchus2021Sow ThistleSonchus2021Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2021Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2021Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2021Oregon GrapeMahonia2021Oregon GrapeMahonia2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Norway SprucePicea abies2021Norway SprucePicea abies2021bealaidh FrangachLaburnum2021bealaidh FrangachLaburnum2021LaurusLaurus2021LaurusLaurus2021Meadow-GrassPoa2021Meadow-GrassPoa2021Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2021Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2021TimothyPhleum pratense2021TimothyPhleum pratense2021Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2021Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2021FumitoryFumaria2021FumitoryFumaria2021Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2021Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2021Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2021CyclamenCyclamen2021CyclamenCyclamen2021ButtercupRanunculus2021ButtercupRanunculus2021Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2021Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2021Events & activities nearby
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