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Getting here
52.57910, -1.30812
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Redwing
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 85m away — 5 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Redwing
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 85m away — 5 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Redwing, Wheatear +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Redwing, Wheatear +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-shot Dot, Holly Leaf Gall Fly, Hawthorn Leaf-miner +117 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, False Oat-grass, Creeping Thistle +102 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Parrot Waxcap, Dothidella ulmi, Amanita citrina +1 more · last seen 2024
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Footpath V51Walking route▾
Named routeRef V51
Bridleway V53Walking route▾
Named routeRef V53
Bridleway V29Walking route▾
Named routeRef V29
Footpath V35Walking route▾
Named routeRef V35
Footpath U50Walking route▾
Named routeRef U50
Photos
Path next to St. Simon and St. Jude churchyard
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,453 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,453 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Swift · Meadow Pipit · Tawny Owl · Song Thrush +35
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐝Insects50 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Field Digger Wasp · Scarlet Tiger · Early Bumblebee · Hawthorn Parornix +45
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2025
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
- Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella
Parrot Waxcap
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
Cow Parsley · Rough Meadow-grass · Creeping Bent · Pyramidal Orchid · Creeping Thistle +20
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,453 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Swift · Meadow Pipit · Tawny Owl · Song Thrush +35
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐝Insects50 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Field Digger Wasp · Scarlet Tiger · Early Bumblebee · Hawthorn Parornix +45
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2025
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
- Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella
Parrot Waxcap
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
Cow Parsley · Rough Meadow-grass · Creeping Bent · Pyramidal Orchid · Creeping Thistle +20
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2024Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024March MothAlsophila aesculariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2025Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2025Hazel leaf-minerPhyllonorycter nicellii2024Hazel leaf-minerPhyllonorycter nicellii2024Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024Willow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis saligna2024Willow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis saligna2024Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2024Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2024Field Maple Disc-minerHeterarthrus wuestneii2024Field Maple Disc-minerHeterarthrus wuestneii2024Garden StiltGracillaria syringella2024Garden StiltGracillaria syringella2024Pear Leaf Blister MothLeucoptera malifoliella2024Pear Leaf Blister MothLeucoptera malifoliella2024Poplar KnucklehornCladius grandis2024Poplar KnucklehornCladius grandis2024Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2024Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2024Knopper GallAndricus quercuscalicis2024Knopper GallAndricus quercuscalicis2024Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2024Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2024Cherry GallCynips quercusfolii2024Cherry GallCynips quercusfolii2024Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2023Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2023Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023Thistle Case-bearerColeophora peribenanderi2023Thistle Case-bearerColeophora peribenanderi2023Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella2023Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella2023Shining Elm Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter schreberella2023Shining Elm Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter schreberella2023Phytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzina2023Phytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzina2023Bindweed SleeperBedellia somnulentella2023Bindweed SleeperBedellia somnulentella20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023House-flyMusca domestica2023House-flyMusca domestica2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2023Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2023CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2023Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023Phytomyza pastinacae/spondyliiPhytomyza pastinacae/spondylii2023Phytomyza pastinacae/spondyliiPhytomyza pastinacae/spondylii20232023
2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Bee OrchidOphrys apiferaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaDogwoodCornus sanguinea2023DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023YewTaxus baccata2023YewTaxus baccata2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2023Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023