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St Paul's Church

📷 Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +55 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +55 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Tufted Vetch, Weld, Red Clover +51 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Weld, Red Clover +51 more · last seen 2019

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Ground-elder, Hawthorn, White Dead-nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 72Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route93 m

Named routeRef 72Length 93 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 72Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route90 m

Named routeRef 72Length 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 72Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-free

Wildlife to spot

1,520 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,520 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Herring Gull · Turnstone · Redshank · Woodpigeon +39

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
Great TitParus major2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020

🦌

Mammals4 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Otter · House Mouse

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2023
House MouseMus musculus2020

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2019

Cantharis livida

Cantharis lividaCantharis livida

🌿

Plants105 species

summer

2025

Snowdrop · Fat Duckweed · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Annual Meadow-grass · Dandelion +100

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2020
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019
DandelionTaraxacum2019
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
White Dead-nettleLamium album2019
Nordstedt's DandelionTaraxacum nordstedtii2021
Olga's DandelionTaraxacum olgae2021
Common DuckweedLemna minor2020
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2019
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2019
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2019
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2019
Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2019
AlderAlnus glutinosa2019
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2019
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019
Velvet BentAgrostis canina2019
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
TormentilPotentilla erecta2019
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2019
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019
Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2019
HollyIlex aquifolium2019
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2019
TimothyPhleum pratense2019
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019
Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
Bush VetchVicia sepium2019
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
Curled DockRumex crispus2019
Wild CherryPrunus avium2019
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2019
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019
GorseUlex europaeus2019
CleaversGalium aparine2019
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2019
Common NettleUrtica dioica2019
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2019
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2019
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019
Sea PearlwortSagina maritima2019
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019
Rosa caninaRosa canina2019
Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2019
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2019
IvyHedera helix2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019
Mat-grassNardus stricta2019
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019
DaisyBellis perennis2019
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2019
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2019
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019
Common CouchElymus repens2019
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019
White CampionSilene latifolia2019
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2019
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2019
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria2019
RaspberryRubus idaeus2019
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2019
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,520 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

spring

2025

Blackbird · Herring Gull · Turnstone · Redshank · Woodpigeon +39

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
Great TitParus major2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020

🦌

Mammals4 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Otter · House Mouse

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2023
House MouseMus musculus2020

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2019

Cantharis livida

Cantharis lividaCantharis livida

🌿

Plants105 species

summer

2025

Snowdrop · Fat Duckweed · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Annual Meadow-grass · Dandelion +100

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2020
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019
DandelionTaraxacum2019
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
White Dead-nettleLamium album2019
Nordstedt's DandelionTaraxacum nordstedtii2021
Olga's DandelionTaraxacum olgae2021
Common DuckweedLemna minor2020
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2019
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2019
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2019
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2019
Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2019
AlderAlnus glutinosa2019
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2019
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019
Velvet BentAgrostis canina2019
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
TormentilPotentilla erecta2019
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2019
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019
Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2019
HollyIlex aquifolium2019
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2019
TimothyPhleum pratense2019
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019
Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
Bush VetchVicia sepium2019
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
Curled DockRumex crispus2019
Wild CherryPrunus avium2019
Saltmarsh RushJuncus gerardii2019
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019
GorseUlex europaeus2019
CleaversGalium aparine2019
Sea MayweedTripleurospermum maritimum2019
Common NettleUrtica dioica2019
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Sea Club-rushBolboschoenus maritimus2019
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2019
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019
Sea PearlwortSagina maritima2019
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019
Rosa caninaRosa canina2019
Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019
Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2019
Sea ArrowgrassTriglochin maritima2019
IvyHedera helix2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019
Mat-grassNardus stricta2019
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019
DaisyBellis perennis2019
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2019
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2019
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019
Common CouchElymus repens2019
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019
White CampionSilene latifolia2019
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2019
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2019
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019
Sand SedgeCarex arenaria2019
RaspberryRubus idaeus2019
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2019
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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