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Sunny Bank Dingle

✦ Ancient woodland14 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

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52.27170, -2.62947

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Common Nettle, Common Sorrel, Hawthorn +33 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Marsh Thistle, Yorkshire-fog, Common Mouse-ear +286 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Yellowhammer, Dunnock, Carrion Crow +34 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Yellowhammer, Dunnock, Carrion Crow +34 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Small Red-eyed Damselfly +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km

Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

1,818 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,818 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

🌿

Plants97 species

summer

2025

Silverweed · Red Clover · Compact Rush · Selfheal · Hard Rush +92

SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
VioletViola
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Red FescueFestuca rubra
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Remote SedgeCarex remota
HollyIlex aquifolium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
BrambleRubus fruticosus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
ElderSambucus nigra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
DockRumex
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
HazelCorylus avellana
UrticaUrtica
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
MistletoeViscum album
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
AppleMalus
Water MintMentha aquatica
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
OakQuercus
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
DewberryRubus caesius
DandelionTaraxacum
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
IvyHedera helix
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
CherryPrunus domestica x spinosa = P. x fruticans
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,818 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

🌿

Plants97 species

summer

2025

Silverweed · Red Clover · Compact Rush · Selfheal · Hard Rush +92

SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
VioletViola
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Red FescueFestuca rubra
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Remote SedgeCarex remota
HollyIlex aquifolium
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
BrambleRubus fruticosus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
ElderSambucus nigra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
DockRumex
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
HazelCorylus avellana
UrticaUrtica
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
MistletoeViscum album
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
AppleMalus
Water MintMentha aquatica
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
OakQuercus
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
DewberryRubus caesius
DandelionTaraxacum
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
IvyHedera helix
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
CherryPrunus domestica x spinosa = P. x fruticans
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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