Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
52.81632, -2.95600
Open directionsv
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 Barn Owl and Hobby
- ✦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
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Hobby
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Peregrine +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: Pradoe including attached service ranges and outbuildings
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Peregrine +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Greater Stitchwort +16 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 14Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW14Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 13Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW13Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,067 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,067 records · National Biodiversity NetworkQuail · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow +14
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
22-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +20
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,067 records · National Biodiversity NetworkQuail · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow +14
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
22-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +20
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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