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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.02268, -4.01772
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- 🍄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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pertusaria hymenea, Diploicia canescens, Dendrographa decolorans +43 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hydropsyche siltalai, Sericostoma personatum, Cheumatopsyche lepida +16 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Hairy Bitter-cress, Snowdrop +84 more · last seen 2013
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route669 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 669 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
The church of St. James, Herner
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,004 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,004 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Stock Dove · Mallard · Shelduck · Grey Heron +45
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
🌿Plants77 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Perennial Sow-thistle · Rough Chervil · Red Campion · Ribwort Plantain · Hart's-Tongue +72
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019
- Red CampionSilene dioica2019
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,004 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Stock Dove · Mallard · Shelduck · Grey Heron +45
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
🌿Plants77 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Perennial Sow-thistle · Rough Chervil · Red Campion · Ribwort Plantain · Hart's-Tongue +72
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019
- Red CampionSilene dioica2019
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wild Strawberry
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria vesca2019
Fragaria vesca2019
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