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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
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57.40388, -6.48854
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Herring Gull
- ✦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
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Herring Gull
- ✦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 — Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Curlew +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Curlew +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Meadow Vetchling, Herb-Robert +172 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Scotch Argus, Small Tortoiseshell +10 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Celandine Clustercup Rust, Grey Veiled Amanita, Ramularia pratensis +1 more · last seen 2017
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Wildlife to spot
2,498 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Greylag Goose · Curlew · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull +25
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Otter · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Hawker
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Globeflower · Dorset Heath · Dactylorhiza maculata x purpurella = D. x formosa · Lady-fern · Common Nettle +15
- GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
- Dorset HeathErica ciliaris2024
- Dactylorhiza maculata x purpurella = D. x formosaDactylorhiza maculata x purpurella = D. x formosa2024
- Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
- Annual Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Greylag Goose · Curlew · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull +25
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- EiderSomateria mollissima2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Otter · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Hawker
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Globeflower · Dorset Heath · Dactylorhiza maculata x purpurella = D. x formosa · Lady-fern · Common Nettle +15
- GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
- Dorset HeathErica ciliaris2024
- Dactylorhiza maculata x purpurella = D. x formosaDactylorhiza maculata x purpurella = D. x formosa2024
- Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
- Annual Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Poa annua2024
Poa annua2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2024Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024BlinksMontia fontana2024BlinksMontia fontana2024TansyTanacetum vulgare2023TansyTanacetum vulgare2023