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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Snipe
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Snipe
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Snipe, Oystercatcher +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Snipe, Oystercatcher +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Meadow Vetchling, Red Clover, Lesser Trefoil +63 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Meadow Vetchling, Red Clover, Lesser Trefoil +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Ancistrocerus oviventris +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Ancistrocerus oviventris +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Puccinia pseudosphaeria, Kabatia periclymeni, Phacidium lauri · last seen 2022; Fungi — Puccinia pseudosphaeria, Kabatia periclymeni, Phacidium lauri · last seen 2022

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,990 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,990 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2025

Hen Harrier · Short-eared Owl · Swallow · Wren · Arctic Skua +59

Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GannetMorus bassanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TealAnas crecca
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
EiderSomateria mollissima
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
CorncrakeCrex crex
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

Dasysyrphus pinastri · Common Hawker · Eristalis pertinax · Green Dock Beetle · Great Yellow Bumblebee +2

Dasysyrphus pinastriDasysyrphus pinastri
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024
St Marks FlyBibio marci2024

🌿

Plants34 species

summer

2025

Lesser Trefoil · Germander Speedwell · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Oval Sedge · Sweet Vernal-grass +29

Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Wild PansyViola tricolor
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Purple Ramping-fumitoryFumaria purpurea
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamaraSolanum dulcamara var. dulcamara2024
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,990 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2025

Hen Harrier · Short-eared Owl · Swallow · Wren · Arctic Skua +59

Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common GullLarus canus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
GannetMorus bassanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
TealAnas crecca
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
EiderSomateria mollissima
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
CorncrakeCrex crex
Common GuillemotUria aalge
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

Dasysyrphus pinastri · Common Hawker · Eristalis pertinax · Green Dock Beetle · Great Yellow Bumblebee +2

Dasysyrphus pinastriDasysyrphus pinastri
Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus2024
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024
St Marks FlyBibio marci2024

🌿

Plants34 species

summer

2025

Lesser Trefoil · Germander Speedwell · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Oval Sedge · Sweet Vernal-grass +29

Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Oval SedgeCarex leporina
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Wild PansyViola tricolor
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Sea-MilkwortLysimachia maritima
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
Purple Ramping-fumitoryFumaria purpurea
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamaraSolanum dulcamara var. dulcamara2024
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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