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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Magpie, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Magpie, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, 7-spot Ladybird +193 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, 7-spot Ladybird +193 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Erysiphe symphoricarpi, Maple Mildew +7 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust, Erysiphe symphoricarpi, Maple Mildew +7 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Fox-and-cubs, Broom Fork-moss, Springy Turf-moss +3 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Fox-and-cubs, Broom Fork-moss, Springy Turf-moss +3 more · last seen 2022
Free
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Wildlife to spot
991 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 991 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Bullfinch · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin +33
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Rabbit · Mountain Hare · Grey Squirrel
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mountain Hare Lepus timidus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Yponomeuta · 22-spot Ladybird · Nettle-Tap · Speckled Apple Dot · Orchard Ermine +50
Yponomeuta Yponomeuta 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Nettle-Tap Anthophila fabriciana Speckled Apple Dot Bohemannia pulverosella Orchard Ermine Yponomeuta padella Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Hylemya Hylemya Maple Mildew · Erysiphe symphoricarpi · Nettle Clustercup Rust · Juniper Rust
Maple Mildew Sawadaea bicornis Erysiphe symphoricarpi Erysiphe symphoricarpi Nettle Clustercup Rust Puccinia urticata s. lat. Juniper Rust Gymnosporangium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 991 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Bullfinch · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin +33
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer
2023 ▾
Rabbit · Mountain Hare · Grey Squirrel
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mountain Hare Lepus timidus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Yponomeuta · 22-spot Ladybird · Nettle-Tap · Speckled Apple Dot · Orchard Ermine +50
Yponomeuta Yponomeuta 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Nettle-Tap Anthophila fabriciana Speckled Apple Dot Bohemannia pulverosella Orchard Ermine Yponomeuta padella Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Hylemya Hylemya Maple Mildew · Erysiphe symphoricarpi · Nettle Clustercup Rust · Juniper Rust
Maple Mildew Sawadaea bicornis Erysiphe symphoricarpi Erysiphe symphoricarpi Nettle Clustercup Rust Puccinia urticata s. lat. Juniper Rust Gymnosporangium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Empis digramma Empis digramma
Empis digramma Empis digramma
Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus granditarsus
Platycheirus granditarsus Platycheirus granditarsus
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola
Chromatomyia periclymeni Chromatomyia periclymeni
Chromatomyia periclymeni Chromatomyia periclymeni
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Common Marble Celypha lacunana
Common Marble Celypha lacunana
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus
Empis livida Empis livida2023
Empis livida Empis livida2023
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii
Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella
Straw Grass-veneer Agriphila straminella
Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara
Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara
Sepsis fulgens Sepsis fulgens
Sepsis fulgens Sepsis fulgens
Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella
Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella
Phytomyza minuscula Phytomyza minuscula
Phytomyza minuscula Phytomyza minuscula
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Garden Stilt Gracillaria syringella
Garden Stilt Gracillaria syringella
Hawthorn Parornix Parornix anglicella
Hawthorn Parornix Parornix anglicella
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella
Phytomyza aquilegiae Phytomyza aquilegiae
Phytomyza aquilegiae Phytomyza aquilegiae
Shining Hawthorn Dot Stigmella hybnerella
Shining Hawthorn Dot Stigmella hybnerella
Chromatomyia lonicerae Chromatomyia lonicerae
Chromatomyia lonicerae Chromatomyia lonicerae
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Lonchaea Lonchaea
Lonchaea Lonchaea
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Cheilosia albitarsis Cheilosia albitarsis
Cheilosia albitarsis Cheilosia albitarsis
Meadow Hook-wing Ancylis badiana
Meadow Hook-wing Ancylis badiana
Sepsis punctum Sepsis punctum2023
Sepsis punctum Sepsis punctum2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Long-horned Black Legionnaire Beris geniculata2023
Long-horned Black Legionnaire Beris geniculata2023
Norellisoma spinimanum Norellisoma spinimanum2023
Norellisoma spinimanum Norellisoma spinimanum2023
Pegomya Pegomya2023
Pegomya Pegomya2023
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2023
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2023
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2023
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2023
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2023
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2023
Apolygus spinolae Apolygus spinolae2023
Apolygus spinolae Apolygus spinolae2023
Black Gem Microchrysa cyaneiventris2023
Black Gem Microchrysa cyaneiventris2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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