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Porklane Grove

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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 — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Mallard +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Mallard +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small White +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small White +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Bartsia, Common Knapweed, Broad-leaved Dock +19 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Red Bartsia, Common Knapweed, Broad-leaved Dock +19 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 150Cycling route

Named routeRef 150National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route378 m

Named routeRef 150Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 150Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route2.8 km

Named routeRef 150Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route38 m

Named routeRef 150Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route672 m

Named routeRef 150Length 672 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

5,941 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,941 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumn

2025

Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +49

JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MagpiePica pica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius
BuzzardButeo buteo
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GadwallMareca strepera
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Chinese Water Deer · Hazel Dormouse

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects58 species

summerautumn

2026

Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White +53

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2023
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Agonum marginatumAgonum marginatum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2023
White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2023
Black-poplar DotEctoedemia hannoverella2023
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2023
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2023

🌿

Plants22 species

summer

2024

Red Bartsia · Common Knapweed · Broad-leaved Dock · Agrimony · Common Ragwort +17

Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Corky-fruited Water-dropwortOenanthe pimpinelloides
ThistleCirsium
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PignutConopodium majus
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,941 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumn

2025

Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +49

JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MagpiePica pica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius
BuzzardButeo buteo
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GadwallMareca strepera
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterautumn

2026

Chinese Water Deer · Hazel Dormouse

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects58 species

summerautumn

2026

Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White +53

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2023
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Agonum marginatumAgonum marginatum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2023
White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2023
Black-poplar DotEctoedemia hannoverella2023
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2023
Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2023

🌿

Plants22 species

summer

2024

Red Bartsia · Common Knapweed · Broad-leaved Dock · Agrimony · Common Ragwort +17

Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Corky-fruited Water-dropwortOenanthe pimpinelloides
ThistleCirsium
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PignutConopodium majus
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
TansyTanacetum vulgare
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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