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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome100 ha
Getting here
52.13501, 1.10990
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cormorant and Canada Goose
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cormorant and Canada Goose
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Cormorant, Canada Goose, Tufted Duck +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Cormorant, Canada Goose, Tufted Duck +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Viper's-bugloss, Hedgerow Crane's-bill +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Fynn Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 11BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11BLocal cycle route
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route708 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 708 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
17,940 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Siskin · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood +12
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Red Dead-nettle · Wild Teasel · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Caper Spurge · Common Nettle +1
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Siskin · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood +12
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Red Dead-nettle · Wild Teasel · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Caper Spurge · Common Nettle +1
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
