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The Big Bun Box

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Teal
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Teal
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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

ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Greylag Goose, Teal, Mallard +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Greylag Goose, Teal, Mallard +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Volucella bombylans, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Volucella bombylans, Great Yellow Bumblebee, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Yesnaby TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 49Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winterspring

2025

Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Curlew · Teal · Tufted Duck +42

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedshankTringa totanus
WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CootFulica atra
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
PochardAythya ferina
RavenCorvus corax
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Rock DoveColumba livia
SnipeGallinago gallinago
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RookCorvus frugilegus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoosanderMergus merganser
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Stoat

StoatMustela erminea

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Great Yellow Bumblebee

Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Coltsfoot

ColtsfootTussilago farfara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winterspring

2025

Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Curlew · Teal · Tufted Duck +42

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CurlewNumenius arquata
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedshankTringa totanus
WigeonMareca penelope
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CootFulica atra
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
PochardAythya ferina
RavenCorvus corax
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Rock DoveColumba livia
SnipeGallinago gallinago
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RookCorvus frugilegus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
JackdawColoeus monedula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
EiderSomateria mollissima
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
DunlinCalidris alpina
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoosanderMergus merganser
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Stoat

StoatMustela erminea

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Great Yellow Bumblebee

Great Yellow BumblebeeBombus distinguendus

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Coltsfoot

ColtsfootTussilago farfara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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