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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
✦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

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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

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5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Carrion Crow, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Carrion Crow, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Painted Lady, Small White, Peacock +122 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Small White, Peacock +122 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Redshank +49 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Redshank +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

93 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 492Cycling route

Named routeRef 492National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 467Cycling route

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National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route

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National Cycle Network 466Cycling route

Named routeRef 466National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 492Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route278 m

Named routeRef 467Length 278 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,104 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,104 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springautumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Raven · Meadow Pipit · Starling · Skylark +37

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica2024
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
Great TitParus major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects17 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +12

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
Empis lividaEmpis livida
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024

🌿

Plants42 species

autumn

2025

Redshank · Red-stemmed Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Bristly Haircap · Silky Forklet-moss +37

RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2024
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2024
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2024
Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides2024
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024
White StonecropSedum album
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2024
Polytrichum perigonialePolytrichum perigoniale2024
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2024
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2024
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2024
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2024
Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergiiPohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii2024
Hill NotchwortBarbilophozia sudetica2024
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2024
Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2024
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2024
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum2024
Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana2024
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum2024
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2024
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum2024
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2024
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2024
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2024
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2024
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2024
Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2024
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Tree-mossClimacium dendroides2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,104 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springautumn

2025

Carrion Crow · Raven · Meadow Pipit · Starling · Skylark +37

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica2024
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
Great TitParus major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects17 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +12

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
Empis lividaEmpis livida
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024

🌿

Plants42 species

autumn

2025

Redshank · Red-stemmed Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Bristly Haircap · Silky Forklet-moss +37

RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi2024
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2024
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2024
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum2024
Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides2024
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2024
White StonecropSedum album
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata2024
Polytrichum perigonialePolytrichum perigoniale2024
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare2024
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2024
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre2024
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2024
Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergiiPohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii2024
Hill NotchwortBarbilophozia sudetica2024
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2024
Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2024
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2024
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum2024
Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana2024
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans2024
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum2024
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2024
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Transparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidum2024
Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2024
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2024
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2024
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2024
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2024
Rusty Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum plumosum2024
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Tree-mossClimacium dendroides2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
Ladder FlapwortNardia scalaris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 M J Roscoe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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