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Getting here
55.55779, -3.61209
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Smew and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Smew and Robin
- ✦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 — Smew, Robin, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Smew, Robin, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Dark Arches, Bembidion atrocaeruleum +142 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Knotgrass +206 more · last seen 2016
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
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Wildlife to spot
1,210 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,210 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springwinter
2025▾
Smew · Little Egret · Goosander · Oystercatcher · Ringed Plover +45
- SmewMergellus albellus2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2018
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Paranchus albipes · Carabus problematicus · Zorochros minimus · Small Heath +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes2024
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024
- Zorochros minimusZorochros minimus2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Jacob's-ladder · Garden Lady's-mantle
- Jacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleum
- Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,210 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springwinter
2025▾
Smew · Little Egret · Goosander · Oystercatcher · Ringed Plover +45
- SmewMergellus albellus2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- MerlinFalco columbarius2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2018
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Paranchus albipes · Carabus problematicus · Zorochros minimus · Small Heath +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes2024
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024
- Zorochros minimusZorochros minimus2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Jacob's-ladder · Garden Lady's-mantle
- Jacob's-ladderPolemonium caeruleum
- Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2018Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2018Sphaeroderma testaceumSphaeroderma testaceum2018Sphaeroderma testaceumSphaeroderma testaceum2018Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2018Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2018Dead-Nettle Leaf BeetleChrysolina fastuosa2018Dead-Nettle Leaf BeetleChrysolina fastuosa2018Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2018Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2018Rhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpius2018Rhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpius2018Psylliodes napiPsylliodes napi2018Psylliodes napiPsylliodes napi2018Cryptostemma alienumCryptostemma alienum2018Cryptostemma alienumCryptostemma alienum2018