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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞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 on site — 14 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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 on site — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rosemary Beetle, Painted Lady, Small White +13 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Rosemary Beetle, Painted Lady, Small White +13 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Mistletoe, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Anomalous Bristle-moss +8 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Mistletoe, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Anomalous Bristle-moss +8 more · last seen 2023

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

Park Highatt Drivepublic footpath · 89 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 89 mPath type: residential

Watery Lanepublic footpath · 157 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 157 mPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

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

Main RouteCycling route60 m

Named routeRef 13Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

2,767 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,767 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Rook +55

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
SwiftApus apus2022
MagpiePica pica2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
CootFulica atra2018

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspring

2024

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

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

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2022

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummer

2023

Rosemary Beetle · Painted Lady · Small White · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hornet +11

Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
HornetVespa crabro2020
Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
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

🌿

Plants11 species

spring

2023

Mistletoe · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Wall Thread-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +6

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
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2019
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,767 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Rook +55

BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
SwiftApus apus2022
MagpiePica pica2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2019
CootFulica atra2018

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspring

2024

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

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

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2022

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummer

2023

Rosemary Beetle · Painted Lady · Small White · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hornet +11

Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
HornetVespa crabro2020
Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
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

🌿

Plants11 species

spring

2023

Mistletoe · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Wall Thread-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +6

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
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2019
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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