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North Third

75 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome75 ha

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56.07752, -3.99888

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bank Haircap, Common Smoothcap, Heath Speedwell +105 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bank Haircap, Common Smoothcap, Heath Speedwell +105 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eudasyphora cyanicolor, Mesembrina meridiana, Graphomya maculata +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eudasyphora cyanicolor, Mesembrina meridiana, Graphomya maculata +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Hawthorn, Wood-rust +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Route 765Cycling route

Named routeRef 765National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route210 m

Named routeRef 765Length 210 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route262 m

Named routeRef 765Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 76Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2026

Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Mallard · Robin · Tufted Duck +50

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
BadgerMeles meles
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Mesembrina meridiana · Graphomya maculata · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Sericomyia silentis +2

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Meliscaeva cinctella

🌿

Plants13 species

springsummer

2025

Heath Speedwell · Lemon-scented Fern · Fox-and-cubs · Heath Bedstraw · Honeysuckle +8

Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,257 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2026

Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Mallard · Robin · Tufted Duck +50

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Red Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
BadgerMeles meles
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Mesembrina meridiana · Graphomya maculata · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Sericomyia silentis +2

Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Meliscaeva cinctella

🌿

Plants13 species

springsummer

2025

Heath Speedwell · Lemon-scented Fern · Fox-and-cubs · Heath Bedstraw · Honeysuckle +8

Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan O'Dowd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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