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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.66435, -1.08000
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Tawny Owl +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Tawny Owl +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy, Willow, False-brome +251 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cadwell Lanebridleway · 129 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 129 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Cadwell Lanebridleway · 584 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 584 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
The Greenrestricted byway · 66 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 66 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
3,189 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,189 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2023▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · 7-spot Ladybird · Pied Shieldbug +12
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Small Pondweed · Swine-cress · Marsh Cudweed · Shining Crane's-bill · Rubus conjungens +10
- Small PondweedPotamogeton berchtoldii
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2020
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2020
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2020
- Rubus conjungensRubus conjungens2019
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,189 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2023▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · 7-spot Ladybird · Pied Shieldbug +12
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Small Pondweed · Swine-cress · Marsh Cudweed · Shining Crane's-bill · Rubus conjungens +10
- Small PondweedPotamogeton berchtoldii
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2020
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2020
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2020
- Rubus conjungensRubus conjungens2019
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
2021
2021
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2021Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2021Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2021grasshoppers and cricketsOrthoptera2021grasshoppers and cricketsOrthoptera2021HoverflySyrphidae2021HoverflySyrphidae2021Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019Silo nigricornisSilo nigricornis2019Silo nigricornisSilo nigricornis2019Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus20192019
2019
Round-fruited RushJuncus compressus2019Round-fruited RushJuncus compressus2019Soft Downy-roseRosa mollis2019Soft Downy-roseRosa mollis2019Norway SprucePicea abies2019Norway SprucePicea abies2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Odontites vernus subsp. serotinusOdontites vernus subsp. serotinus2019Odontites vernus subsp. serotinusOdontites vernus subsp. serotinus2019Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019Scots PinePinus sylvestris2019Scots PinePinus sylvestris2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2019Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2019