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Getting here
54.82365, -3.15930
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Swallow
- ✦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
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Swallow
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Swallow, Herring Gull +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Swallow, Herring Gull +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Arches, Heart & Dart, Large Yellow Underwing +179 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Giant Hogweed, Field Wood-rush +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
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Wildlife to spot
4,895 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,895 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Coal Tit +7
- SwiftApus apus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Hare · Common Shrew · Wood Mouse +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Snowdrop · Sticky Groundsel · Black Nightshade · Wall Lettuce · Narrow-leaved Ragwort +98
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
- Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2022
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,895 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Coal Tit +7
- SwiftApus apus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Hare · Common Shrew · Wood Mouse +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Snowdrop · Sticky Groundsel · Black Nightshade · Wall Lettuce · Narrow-leaved Ragwort +98
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
- Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2022
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum2025WellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteum2025WellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025FennelFoeniculum vulgare2025FennelFoeniculum vulgare2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Buck's-beardAruncus dioicus2025Buck's-beardAruncus dioicus2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Slender RushJuncus tenuis2025Slender RushJuncus tenuis2025Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2025Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata2025Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata2025Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum2025Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2024Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Franchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetii2024Franchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetii2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra2023Hairy BindweedCalystegia pulchra2023Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2023Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2023Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2023Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2023Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2023Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2023Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2023Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2023Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023Small NettleUrtica urens2023Small NettleUrtica urens2023BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2022BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2022Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2022Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2022DogwoodCornus sanguinea2022DogwoodCornus sanguinea2022Field MapleAcer campestre2022Field MapleAcer campestre2022Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2022Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2022Common OracheAtriplex patula2022Common OracheAtriplex patula2022Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2022Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2022Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022OsierSalix viminalis2022OsierSalix viminalis2022Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2022Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Erophila vernaErophila verna2022Erophila vernaErophila verna2022Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Greater PlantainPlantago major2022Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2022Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2022Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2022Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022AlderAlnus glutinosa2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus2022DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus2022AspenPopulus tremula2022AspenPopulus tremula2022Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2022Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2022Remote SedgeCarex remota2022Remote SedgeCarex remota2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Wild CherryPrunus avium2022Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2022Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2022Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022YarrowAchillea millefolium2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Rosa caninaRosa canina2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2022Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum2022Dipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonum2022Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022Bearberry CotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri2022Bearberry CotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri2022