The Michael Mitchell Memorial Allotments
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.85095, 1.06719
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Yarrow, Cleavers +189 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Common Nettle, Yarrow, Cleavers +189 more · last seen 2023
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn +24 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Holly Blue +38 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Holly Blue +38 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,192 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,192 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Blue Tit +43
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Ivy Bee · Cranefly · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae
- CraneflyTipulidae
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dandelion · Scented Mayweed · Hedge Mustard · Bristly Oxtongue · Knotgrass +55
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,192 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Blue Tit +43
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Ivy Bee · Cranefly · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae
- CraneflyTipulidae
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dandelion · Scented Mayweed · Hedge Mustard · Bristly Oxtongue · Knotgrass +55
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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