🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.33705, -2.94183
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Barberry, Creeping Bent, Common Ragwort +29 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Barberry, Creeping Bent, Common Ragwort +29 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Plants — Wild Thyme, Dandelion, Meadowsweet
Varies
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Romans and Reivers RouteWalking route84 km▾
Named routeLength 84 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,158 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,158 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · Meadow Pipit · Magpie +41
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Stoat · Brown Hare · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- StoatMustela erminea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2019
Barberry · Creeping Bent · Common Ragwort · Bulbous Rush · Wild Thyme +27
- BarberryBerberis vulgaris
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
- Wild ThymeThymus drucei
- Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,158 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler · Meadow Pipit · Magpie +41
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel · Stoat · Brown Hare · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- StoatMustela erminea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2019
Barberry · Creeping Bent · Common Ragwort · Bulbous Rush · Wild Thyme +27
- BarberryBerberis vulgaris
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
- Wild ThymeThymus drucei
- Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaSalix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervisSalix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervisSalix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervisSalix aurita x cinerea = S. x multinervisGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCarex viridulaCarex viridulaCarex viridulaCarex viridulaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvensePineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseEared WillowSalix auritaEared WillowSalix auritaMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraEvents & activities nearby
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