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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Hornet, Rosemary Beetle, Painted Lady +19 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Hornet, Rosemary Beetle, Painted Lady +19 more · last seen 2020

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Mistletoe, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Anomalous Bristle-moss +6 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Mistletoe, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Anomalous Bristle-moss +6 more · last seen 2023

Free

Family friendly

Moderate match

Allotments

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef (13)National Cycle Network

Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route8.1 km

Named routeRef 13Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route59 m

Named routeRef 13Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route459 m

Named routeRef 13Length 459 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Hall's Lanerestricted byway · 989 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 989 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway

Hall's Lanerestricted byway · 63 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 63 mSurface groundPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

2,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +53

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
SwiftApus apus2020
MagpiePica pica2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
CootFulica atra2018
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2018
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2018

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspring

2024

Mole · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +4

MoleTalpa europaea2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
Common ShrewSorex araneus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐝

Insects22 species

springsummer

2020

Rosemary Beetle · Painted Lady · Small White · Hornet · Common Blue Damselfly +17

Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
HornetVespa crabro
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2018
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2018
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2018
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2018
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2018
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018

🌿

Plants9 species

spring

2023

Mistletoe · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Wall Thread-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +4

MistletoeViscum album
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2020
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum2020
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2020
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2020
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2020
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2020
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +53

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
SwiftApus apus2020
MagpiePica pica2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
CootFulica atra2018
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2018
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2018

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspring

2024

Mole · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +4

MoleTalpa europaea2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
Common ShrewSorex araneus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐝

Insects22 species

springsummer

2020

Rosemary Beetle · Painted Lady · Small White · Hornet · Common Blue Damselfly +17

Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
HornetVespa crabro
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2018
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2018
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2018
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2018
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2018
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018

🌿

Plants9 species

spring

2023

Mistletoe · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Wall Thread-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +4

MistletoeViscum album
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2020
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum2020
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2020
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2020
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2020
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2020
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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