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Getting here

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Barn Owl +86 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Barn Owl +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, Sycamore +90 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, Sycamore +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Angle Shades, Silver Y, Lesser Yellow Underwing +108 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Angle Shades, Silver Y, Lesser Yellow Underwing +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Mary Towneley LoopWalking route

Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail

Named routeRegional walking route

Bronte WayWalking route71 km

Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route

Pendle WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Burnley WayWalking route

Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route

Brun Valley GreenwayWalking route

Named route

Laurier Roadpublic footpath · 71 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mPath type: service

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Cycling

71 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 604Cycling route

Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network

Route 68Cycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 685Cycling route

Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network

Sweet Clough GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km

Named routeLength 172.2 km

Wildlife to spot

12,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

spring

2026

Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Jackdaw · Little Ringed Plover +88

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Milvus milvus milvusMilvus milvus milvus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2020
Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020

🦌

Mammals15 species

summerautumn

2024

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Otter +10

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
OtterLutra lutra2022
American MinkNeovison vison2022
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Indet. DeerCervidae2021
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
BatChiroptera2020
BadgerMeles meles2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2021

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects111 species

autumn

2026

Angle Shades · Silver Y · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Large Yellow Underwing · Brown Hawker +106

Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2023
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2023
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Black DarterSympetrum danae2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Green DrakeEphemera danica2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
HelinaHelina2025
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2025
Limnophora tigrinaLimnophora tigrina2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Tree WaspDolichovespula sylvestris2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
German WaspVespula germanica2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Panzeria anthophilaPanzeria anthophila2024
Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2024
House-flyMusca domestica2024
Helina impunctaHelina impuncta2024
AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2023
Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata2023
Ptychoptera albimanaPtychoptera albimana2023
Tipula vittataTipula vittata2023
Neomyia viridescensNeomyia viridescens2023
BibioBibio2023
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2023
Gymnocheta viridisGymnocheta viridis2023
Early Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Little Nomad BeeNomada flavoguttata2022
Tipula paganaTipula pagana2021
HornetVespa crabro2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021
AncistrocerusAncistrocerus2021
EctemniusEctemnius2021
Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina2021
PolleniaPollenia2021
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2020
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
PriocnemisPriocnemis2020
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2019
Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019
Scarce Bordered StrawHelicoverpa armigera2019
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019

🌿

Plants93 species

summerautumn

2026

Daisy · Ribwort Plantain · Sycamore · Beech · Holly +88

DaisyBellis perennis2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
IvyHedera helix2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
OakQuercus2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2025
BayLaurus nobilis2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2024
Sweet PeaLathyrus odoratus2024
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
FennelFoeniculum vulgare2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Great Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. elongatum2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
Iris reticulataIris reticulata2023
Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus2023
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2023
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2022
Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea2021
Rubus incurvatiformisRubus incurvatiformis2021
Cappadocian MapleAcer cappadocicum2021
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2021
Silver Lady's-mantleAlchemilla conjuncta2021
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2021
Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria2021
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2020
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2020
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2020
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2020
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2020
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

spring

2026

Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Jackdaw · Little Ringed Plover +88

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Milvus milvus milvusMilvus milvus milvus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2020
Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020

🦌

Mammals15 species

summerautumn

2024

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Otter +10

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
OtterLutra lutra2022
American MinkNeovison vison2022
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Indet. DeerCervidae2021
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
BatChiroptera2020
BadgerMeles meles2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2021

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects111 species

autumn

2026

Angle Shades · Silver Y · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Large Yellow Underwing · Brown Hawker +106

Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2023
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2023
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Black DarterSympetrum danae2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Green DrakeEphemera danica2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
BrickSunira circellaris2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
HelinaHelina2025
Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2025
Limnophora tigrinaLimnophora tigrina2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025
Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Tree WaspDolichovespula sylvestris2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
German WaspVespula germanica2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Panzeria anthophilaPanzeria anthophila2024
Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2024
House-flyMusca domestica2024
Helina impunctaHelina impuncta2024
AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2023
Ptychoptera contaminataPtychoptera contaminata2023
Ptychoptera albimanaPtychoptera albimana2023
Tipula vittataTipula vittata2023
Neomyia viridescensNeomyia viridescens2023
BibioBibio2023
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2023
Gymnocheta viridisGymnocheta viridis2023
Early Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Little Nomad BeeNomada flavoguttata2022
Tipula paganaTipula pagana2021
HornetVespa crabro2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021
AncistrocerusAncistrocerus2021
EctemniusEctemnius2021
Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina2021
PolleniaPollenia2021
Tachina ursinaTachina ursina2021
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2020
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
PriocnemisPriocnemis2020
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2019
Autumn Green CarpetChloroclysta miata2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019
Scarce Bordered StrawHelicoverpa armigera2019
Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019

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Plants93 species

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2026

Daisy · Ribwort Plantain · Sycamore · Beech · Holly +88

DaisyBellis perennis2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
IvyHedera helix2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
OakQuercus2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Hybrid AvensGeum rivale x urbanum = G. x intermedium2023
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana2025
BayLaurus nobilis2025
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2024
Sweet PeaLathyrus odoratus2024
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
FennelFoeniculum vulgare2024
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Great Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre subsp. elongatum2023
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
Iris reticulataIris reticulata2023
Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus2023
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2023
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
FirethornPyracantha coccinea2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2022
Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea2021
Rubus incurvatiformisRubus incurvatiformis2021
Cappadocian MapleAcer cappadocicum2021
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2021
Silver Lady's-mantleAlchemilla conjuncta2021
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2021
Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria2021
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2020
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2020
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2020
Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2020
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2020
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2020

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