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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.80853, -2.72025
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Common Earthball, Hairy Curtain Crust +17 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Emperor Dragonfly +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Monnow Valley WalkWalking route▾
Long Distance Walking route following the River Monnow from source to confluence with the River Wye at Monmouth
Named routeRegional walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route117 m▾
Named routeRef 423Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 423Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route71 m▾
Named routeRef 423Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route800 m▾
Named routeRef 423Length 800 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Thomas's Church, Salisbury
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8,626 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,626 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Kingfisher +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- British DipperCinclus cinclus gularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten · Brown Rat
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Sericostoma personatum · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Laurustinus · Mistletoe · Turkey Oak · Broad-leaved Dock +2
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- LaurustinusViburnum tinus
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,626 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Kingfisher +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- British DipperCinclus cinclus gularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten · Brown Rat
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Sericostoma personatum · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Laurustinus · Mistletoe · Turkey Oak · Broad-leaved Dock +2
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- LaurustinusViburnum tinus
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Emerald Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Lestes sponsa
Lestes sponsa
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataGreen DrakeEphemera danicaGreen DrakeEphemera danicaEcnomus tenellusEcnomus tenellusEcnomus tenellusEcnomus tenellusmayfliesEphemeropteramayfliesEphemeropteraRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesMystacides azureaMystacides azureaMystacides azureaMystacides azureaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataOxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funestaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaCommon Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimusCommon Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimusFever FlyDilophus febrilisFever FlyDilophus febrilisCeraclea nigronervosaCeraclea nigronervosaCeraclea nigronervosaCeraclea nigronervosaBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaYellow May DunHeptagenia sulphureaYellow May DunHeptagenia sulphureaRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
2025
Tree-of-heavenAilanthus altissima2025Tree-of-heavenAilanthus altissima2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025