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Places › England › West Midlands › Herefordshire, County of Getting here
52.08870, -2.44505
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Swift, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Swift, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Peacock +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Peacock +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Snowdrop, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +7 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Snowdrop, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Herefordshire Trail Walking route 246.5 km ▾
Named route Length 246.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Geopark Way Walking route 175 km ▾
Named route Ref geo Length 175 km Regional walking route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Herefordshire) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway (Ledbury area) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway (Ledbury Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,379 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,379 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Dunnock +40
Great Tit Parus major2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2022 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2022 Barn Owl Tyto alba2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2018 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Magpie Pica pica2022 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Raven Corvus corax2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2019 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Swallow Hirundo rustica2018 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2018 🦌 Mammals 12 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +7
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022 Mole Talpa europaea Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Small White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small Tortoiseshell · Comma +13
Small White Pieris rapae2018 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2018 Comma Polygonia c-album2018 Large White Pieris brassicae 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter autumn
2025 ▾
Snowdrop · Dilated Scalewort · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +2
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis2023 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,379 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Dunnock +40
Great Tit Parus major2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2022 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2022 Barn Owl Tyto alba2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2018 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Magpie Pica pica2022 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Raven Corvus corax2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2019 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Swallow Hirundo rustica2018 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2018 🦌 Mammals 12 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +7
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022 Mole Talpa europaea Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2024 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Small White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small Tortoiseshell · Comma +13
Small White Pieris rapae2018 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2018 Comma Polygonia c-album2018 Large White Pieris brassicae 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter autumn
2025 ▾
Snowdrop · Dilated Scalewort · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +2
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis2023 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
Otter Lutra lutra2022
Otter Lutra lutra2022
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022
Polecat Mustela putorius2020
Polecat Mustela putorius2020 2018
2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes
Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes
Greater Horntail Wasp Urocerus gigas2019
Greater Horntail Wasp Urocerus gigas2019
Common Mourning Bee Melecta albifrons2019
Common Mourning Bee Melecta albifrons2019
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2019
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2019
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes2019
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes2019
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2019
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2018
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2018
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2018
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Creeping Comfrey Symphytum grandiflorum2024
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