The Big Cat Sanctuary
17 ha
Plan your visit
🐄Farms🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.16164, 0.66170
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Nightingale
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Nightingale
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🐄Farm visit
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Turtle Dove, Nightingale, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Turtle Dove, Nightingale, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Southern Hawker +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Hyacinthoides, Fringed Heartwort, Bluebell +1 more · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,412 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,412 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Cuckoo · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +37
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Azure Damselfly · Glow-worm · Brown Hawker +5
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,412 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Cuckoo · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +37
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Azure Damselfly · Glow-worm · Brown Hawker +5
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
HornetVespa crabro2021HornetVespa crabro2021Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2022White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2022Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2020Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2020Events & activities nearby
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