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▾ 🐦 75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Herring Gull ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Herring Gull ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 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 — Starling, Herring Gull, Hooded Crow +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Herring Gull, Hooded Crow +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sitka Spruce, Foxglove, Silky-leaved Osier +47 more · last seen 2015; Plants — Sitka Spruce, Foxglove, Silky-leaved Osier +47 more · last seen 2015
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Dark Arches, Small Wainscot +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Dark Arches, Small Wainscot +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
White Wife to Aywick Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Route B9081 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B9081 Local cycle route
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461 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 461 records · National Biodiversity Network Starling · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Hornemann's Redpoll · Hooded Crow +47
Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2022 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Hornemann's Redpoll Acanthis flammea hornemanni2022 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2022 Merlin Falco columbarius Redshank Tringa totanus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2023 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Curlew Numenius arquata2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2023 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2023 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2023 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2022 Dunlin Calidris alpina2021 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Twite Linaria flavirostris2019 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2019 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus2019 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus2019 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2019 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis flammea exilipes/hornemanni2022 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2022 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2022 Great White Egret Ardea alba2021 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2021 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2021 Eider Somateria mollissima2021 Razorbill Alca torda2021 Shetland Wren Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla2019 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2019 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2019 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2019 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2018 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2018 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2021 ▾
Hedgehog · Otter
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Otter Lutra lutra 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dark Arches · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · True Lover's Knot · Antler Moth · Silver-ground Carpet +23
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2019 Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2023 True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2019 Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis2019 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 461 records · National Biodiversity Network Starling · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull · Hornemann's Redpoll · Hooded Crow +47
Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2022 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2024 Hornemann's Redpoll Acanthis flammea hornemanni2022 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2023 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2022 Merlin Falco columbarius Redshank Tringa totanus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2023 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Curlew Numenius arquata2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2023 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2023 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2023 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2022 Dunlin Calidris alpina2021 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Twite Linaria flavirostris2019 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2019 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus2019 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus2019 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2019 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis flammea exilipes/hornemanni2022 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2022 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2022 Great White Egret Ardea alba2021 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2021 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2021 Eider Somateria mollissima2021 Razorbill Alca torda2021 Shetland Wren Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus2019 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2019 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla2019 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2019 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2019 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2019 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2018 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2018 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2021 ▾
Hedgehog · Otter
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Otter Lutra lutra 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dark Arches · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · True Lover's Knot · Antler Moth · Silver-ground Carpet +23
Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha2019 Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2023 True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea2019 Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis2019 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ingrailed Clay
Ingrailed Clay
Diarsia mendica2019
Diarsia mendica2019
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2019
Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina2019
Bombus muscorum subsp. agricolae Bombus muscorum subsp. agricolae
Bombus muscorum subsp. agricolae Bombus muscorum subsp. agricolae
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Evacanthus interruptus Evacanthus interruptus2023
Evacanthus interruptus Evacanthus interruptus2023
Leistus terminatus Leistus terminatus2022
Leistus terminatus Leistus terminatus2022
Limonia nubeculosa Limonia nubeculosa2022
Limonia nubeculosa Limonia nubeculosa2022
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria2022
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria2022
Nebria salina Nebria salina2022
Nebria salina Nebria salina2022
Hypnoidus riparius Hypnoidus riparius2022
Hypnoidus riparius Hypnoidus riparius2022
Tipula rufina Tipula rufina2021
Tipula rufina Tipula rufina2021
Sea Bristletail Petrobius maritimus2021
Sea Bristletail Petrobius maritimus2021
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura2019
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura2019
Northern Spinach Eulithis populata2019
Northern Spinach Eulithis populata2019
Northern Rustic Standfussiana lucernea2019
Northern Rustic Standfussiana lucernea2019
Red Carpet Xanthorhoe decoloraria2019
Red Carpet Xanthorhoe decoloraria2019
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma2019
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma2019
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019
Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa2018
Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa2018
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2018
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2018
Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon2018
Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon2018
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata2018
Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2018
Large White Pieris brassicae2018 