The Bullstone (Site of Castle)
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🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.45534, -4.46118
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Love Our Local Zone — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Love Our Local Zone — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Jackdaw +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Harvest Mouse, Common Pipistrelle +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km31 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dark Lanepublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential
Lake Lanepublic footpath · 287 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 287 mSurface groundPath type: track
Passmore Closepublic footpath · 84 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,014 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,014 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Melanostoma · Harlequin Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid +13
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- MelanostomaMelanostoma2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Trioza centranthi
🌿Plants90 species
springautumn
2026▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Bifid Crestwort · Cylindric Beard-moss · Even Scalewort · Wall Screw-moss +85
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2025
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2025
- Even ScalewortRadula complanata2025
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,014 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Melanostoma · Harlequin Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid +13
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- MelanostomaMelanostoma2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Trioza centranthi
🌿Plants90 species
springautumn
2026▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Bifid Crestwort · Cylindric Beard-moss · Even Scalewort · Wall Screw-moss +85
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2025
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2025
- Even ScalewortRadula complanata2025
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi2025
SarcophagaSarcophaga2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae2025Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae2025Lateral Cryphaea
Lateral Cryphaea
Cryphaea heteromalla2025
Cryphaea heteromalla2025
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2025Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2025Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina2025Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina2025White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2025White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans2025Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2025Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2025Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2025Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2025Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2025Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2025Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2025Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2025Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata2025Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2025Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2025Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2025Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2025Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.2025Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2025Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2025Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2025Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2025Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2025Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2025Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila2025Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2025Tozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeri2025Tozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeri2025Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2025Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2025Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2025Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2025Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2025Welsh Pocket-mossFissidens celticus2025Welsh Pocket-mossFissidens celticus2025Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2025Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2025Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2025Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2025Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2025Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2025Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025Common PottiaTortula truncata2025Common PottiaTortula truncata2025Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2025Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2025Dicranella howeiDicranella howei2025Dicranella howeiDicranella howei2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2025Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2025Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2025Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2025Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2025Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2025Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2025Matted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeum2025Matted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeum2025Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2025Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2025Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2025Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2025Plagiochila porelloidesPlagiochila porelloides2025Plagiochila porelloidesPlagiochila porelloides2025Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2025Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2025Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2025Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2025Yellow Thread-mossPohlia lutescens2025Yellow Thread-mossPohlia lutescens2025Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2025Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2025Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum2025Heterocladium heteropterumHeterocladium heteropterum2025Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2025Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2025Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2025Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus2025Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus2025Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025Silver-mossBryum argenteum2025Fountain Feather-mossHygroamblystegium tenax2025Fountain Feather-mossHygroamblystegium tenax2025Brook-side Feather-mossHygroamblystegium fluviatile2025Brook-side Feather-mossHygroamblystegium fluviatile2025Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025GreasewortAneura pinguis2025GreasewortAneura pinguis2025Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2025Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2025Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2025Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2025Slender Pocket-mossFissidens exilis2025Slender Pocket-mossFissidens exilis2025Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2025Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2025Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2025Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2025Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum2025Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum2025Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus2025Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata2025Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata2025Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2025Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa2025Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta2025Thick-set EarwortScapania compacta2025Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025Don's Thread-mossBryum donianum2025Don's Thread-mossBryum donianum2025Events & activities nearby
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