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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Alexanders, Common Nettle, Elder +18 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Brimstone Moth, Common Carpet +157 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Brimstone Moth, Common Carpet +157 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Alexanders, Common Nettle, Elder +129 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Alexanders, Common Nettle, Elder +129 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CircuitWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

116 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Runcorn LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route

Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

26,786 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,786 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Mallard · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Willow Tit · Black-headed Gull +51

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great TitParus major
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025

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Mammals3 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025

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Fish2 species

summer

2025

Perch · Roach

PerchPerca fluviatilis
RoachRutilus rutilus

🐝

Insects160 species

summer

2026

Common Marbled Carpet · Brimstone Moth · Common Carpet · Snout · Green Carpet +155

Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2025
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2025
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2025
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2025
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2025
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2025
Straw DotRivula sericealis2025
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2025
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2025
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2025
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2025
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2025
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2025
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2025
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2025
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2025
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2025
May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata2025
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2025
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2025
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2025
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2025
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2025
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2025
White-faced TortrixPandemis cinnamomeana2025
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2025
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2025
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis2025
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2025
Common RusticMesapamea secalis2025
BlackneckLygephila pastinum2025
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2025
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2025
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2025
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2025
Dingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillon2025
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2025
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
CrambidaeCrambidae2025
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2025
Green Oak TortrixTortrix viridana2025
Peach BlossomThyatira batis2025
BrickSunira circellaris2025
December MothPoecilocampa populi2025
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2025
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2025
Brown Oak TortrixArchips crataegana2025
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2025
VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025
Ochreous PearlAnania crocealis2025
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2025
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea2025
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025
Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2025
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2025
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2025
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2025
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2025
Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2025
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2025
Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina2025
Round-winged MuslinThumatha senex2025
White Satin MothLeucoma salicis2025
Freyer's PugEupithecia intricata subsp. arceuthata2025
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2025
Rosy Knot-hornOncocera semirubella2025
Buff FootmanEilema depressa2025
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2025
Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Garden PebbleEvergestis forficalis2025
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
Double-striped TabbyHypsopygia glaucinalis2025
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2025
Silky WainscotChilodes maritima2025
ClayMythimna ferrago2025
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2025
Ear MothAmphipoea oculea2025
Small MagpieAnania hortulata2025
Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2025
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2025
Burdock StrawAethes rubigana2025
Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana2025
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2025
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2025
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris2025
Lesser PearlSitochroa verticalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2025
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2025
Short-cloaked MothNola cucullatella2025
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2025
Silver YAutographa gamma2025
Peppered MothBiston betularia2025
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2025
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2025
FlameAxylia putris2025
Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata2025
Large LonghornNematopogon swammerdamella2025
StreamerAnticlea derivata2025
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2025
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025
Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2025
Alder KittenFurcula bicuspis2025
Figure of EightyTethea ocularis2025
White-pinion SpottedLomographa bimaculata2025
HedyaHedya2025
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025

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Plants132 species

wintersummer

2026

Alexanders · Common Nettle · Elder · Butterfly-bush · Biting Stonecrop +127

AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ElderSambucus nigra
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
DaisyBellis perennis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
IvyHedera helix
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
CleaversGalium aparine
WeldReseda luteola
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HazelCorylus avellana
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
DandelionTaraxacum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
BroomCytisus scoparius
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
GorseUlex europaeus
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Silver RagwortJacobaea maritima2025
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Water BentPolypogon viridis2025
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
White StonecropSedum album2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025
Orange-ball-treeBuddleja globosa2025
Asian Bleeding-heartLamprocapnos spectabilis2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2025
Papaver orientalePapaver orientale2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,786 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Mallard · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Willow Tit · Black-headed Gull +51

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great TitParus major
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025

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Mammals3 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025

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Fish2 species

summer

2025

Perch · Roach

PerchPerca fluviatilis
RoachRutilus rutilus

🐝

Insects160 species

summer

2026

Common Marbled Carpet · Brimstone Moth · Common Carpet · Snout · Green Carpet +155

Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2025
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2025
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2025
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2025
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2025
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2025
Straw DotRivula sericealis2025
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2025
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2025
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2025
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2025
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2025
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2025
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2025
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2025
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria2025
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2025
May HighflyerHydriomena impluviata2025
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2025
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2025
CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2025
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2025
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2025
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2025
White-faced TortrixPandemis cinnamomeana2025
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2025
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2025
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis2025
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2025
Common RusticMesapamea secalis2025
BlackneckLygephila pastinum2025
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2025
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2025
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2025
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2025
Dingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillon2025
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2025
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
CrambidaeCrambidae2025
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2025
Green Oak TortrixTortrix viridana2025
Peach BlossomThyatira batis2025
BrickSunira circellaris2025
December MothPoecilocampa populi2025
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2025
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2025
Brown Oak TortrixArchips crataegana2025
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2025
VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025
Ochreous PearlAnania crocealis2025
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2025
Indet. Ear MothAmphipoea2025
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025
Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2025
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2025
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2025
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2025
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2025
Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2025
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2025
Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina2025
Round-winged MuslinThumatha senex2025
White Satin MothLeucoma salicis2025
Freyer's PugEupithecia intricata subsp. arceuthata2025
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2025
Rosy Knot-hornOncocera semirubella2025
Buff FootmanEilema depressa2025
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2025
Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Garden PebbleEvergestis forficalis2025
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
Double-striped TabbyHypsopygia glaucinalis2025
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2025
Silky WainscotChilodes maritima2025
ClayMythimna ferrago2025
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2025
Ear MothAmphipoea oculea2025
Small MagpieAnania hortulata2025
Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2025
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2025
Burdock StrawAethes rubigana2025
Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana2025
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2025
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2025
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris2025
Lesser PearlSitochroa verticalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2025
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2025
Short-cloaked MothNola cucullatella2025
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2025
Silver YAutographa gamma2025
Peppered MothBiston betularia2025
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2025
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica2025
FlameAxylia putris2025
Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata2025
Large LonghornNematopogon swammerdamella2025
StreamerAnticlea derivata2025
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2025
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025
Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2025
Alder KittenFurcula bicuspis2025
Figure of EightyTethea ocularis2025
White-pinion SpottedLomographa bimaculata2025
HedyaHedya2025
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025

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Plants132 species

wintersummer

2026

Alexanders · Common Nettle · Elder · Butterfly-bush · Biting Stonecrop +127

AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ElderSambucus nigra
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
DaisyBellis perennis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
IvyHedera helix
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
CleaversGalium aparine
WeldReseda luteola
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Sea BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. maritima
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
AspenPopulus tremula2025
White PoplarPopulus alba2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
HazelCorylus avellana
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2025
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
DandelionTaraxacum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
BroomCytisus scoparius
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
GorseUlex europaeus
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica2025
Silver RagwortJacobaea maritima2025
Sea SpleenwortAsplenium marinum2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Water BentPolypogon viridis2025
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
White StonecropSedum album2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2025
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025
Orange-ball-treeBuddleja globosa2025
Asian Bleeding-heartLamprocapnos spectabilis2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2025
Papaver orientalePapaver orientale2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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