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52.58336, -2.78242
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Jackdaw 🌿 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
🐦 80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Jackdaw 🌿 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 — Dipper, Jackdaw, Robin +77 more · last seen 2025
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Birds — Dipper, Jackdaw, Robin +77 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Flame Shoulder, Peacock +203 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Himalayan Balsam, Yew +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Shropshire Way - stage 01 Walking route 24.1 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW01 Length 24.1 km Local walking route
Show on map Pole Bank Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Reservoir Walk, Carding Mill Valley Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This short walk starts from Carding Mill Valley at the heart of the Long Mynd and takes you on a gentle stroll past the mill ponds and up the reservoir bank. This route is along a wide footpath. There are steps up the reservoir bank.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Pipe Walk, Carding Mill Valley Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This walk is a great way to see some beautiful views and also to really get to the heart of 'those blue remembered hills', as mentioned in the poem by A E Housman. There are some steep slopes, steps and narrow paths along this route.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 01:00 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map The Pools Loop Walk, Carding Mill Valley Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway Church Stretton Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos St Mary's church, Leebotwood
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Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush +45
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rook Corvus frugilegus Linnet Linaria cannabina Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Redwing Turdus iliacus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Raven Corvus corax Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Brown Hare
Fallow Deer Dama dama Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Shrew Sorex araneus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Rhyzobius litura · Larch Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Tree Bumblebee +20
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura2023 Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2023 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Snowdrop
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush +45
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rook Corvus frugilegus Linnet Linaria cannabina Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Redwing Turdus iliacus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Raven Corvus corax Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Brown Hare
Fallow Deer Dama dama Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Shrew Sorex araneus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 Rhyzobius litura · Larch Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Tree Bumblebee +20
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura2023 Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2023 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Snowdrop
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenosia agromyzina
Coenosia agromyzina
Coenosia agromyzina
Coenosia agromyzina
Hilara litorea Hilara litorea
Hilara litorea Hilara litorea
Peplomyza litura Peplomyza litura
Peplomyza litura Peplomyza litura
Philygria interstincta Philygria interstincta
Philygria interstincta Philygria interstincta
Lonchaea chorea Lonchaea chorea
Lonchaea chorea Lonchaea chorea
Clinocera fontinalis Clinocera fontinalis
Clinocera fontinalis Clinocera fontinalis
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Hilara nigrina Hilara nigrina
Hilara nigrina Hilara nigrina
Fannia fuscula Fannia fuscula
Fannia fuscula Fannia fuscula
Hilara manicata Hilara manicata
Hilara manicata Hilara manicata
Opomyza florum Opomyza florum
Opomyza florum Opomyza florum
Limnophora triangula Limnophora triangula
Limnophora triangula Limnophora triangula
Limnophora tigrina Limnophora tigrina
Limnophora tigrina Limnophora tigrina
Hornet Vespa crabro2024
Hornet Vespa crabro2024
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2023
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2023
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2023
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2023 