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Dogs welcome

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52.12773, -3.84666

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦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

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Skylark, Cuckoo +20 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Skylark, Cuckoo +20 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Leuctra fusca, Elmis aenea, Non-biting midges +96 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Leuctra fusca, Elmis aenea, Non-biting midges +96 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Flagellate Feather-moss, Water Earwort, Notched Rustwort +140 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Flagellate Feather-moss, Water Earwort, Notched Rustwort +140 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

1,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

spring

2023

Pied Flycatcher · Skylark · Whinchat · Song Thrush · Pied Wagtail +17

Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2020

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2024

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Iron Blue Mayfly · Dicranota · Non-biting midges · Black flies +29

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Iron Blue MayflyBaetis muticus2018
DicranotaDicranota2018
Non-biting midgesChironomidae2018
Black fliesSimuliidae2018
Oreodytes sanmarkiiOreodytes sanmarkii

🌿

Plants65 species

springsummer

2019

Flagellate Feather-moss · Overleaf Pellia · Water Earwort · Compressed Flapwort · Notched Rustwort +60

Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Compressed FlapwortNardia compressa
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
TormentilPotentilla erecta2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,287 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

spring

2023

Pied Flycatcher · Skylark · Whinchat · Song Thrush · Pied Wagtail +17

Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2020

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2024

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Iron Blue Mayfly · Dicranota · Non-biting midges · Black flies +29

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Iron Blue MayflyBaetis muticus2018
DicranotaDicranota2018
Non-biting midgesChironomidae2018
Black fliesSimuliidae2018
Oreodytes sanmarkiiOreodytes sanmarkii

🌿

Plants65 species

springsummer

2019

Flagellate Feather-moss · Overleaf Pellia · Water Earwort · Compressed Flapwort · Notched Rustwort +60

Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Water EarwortScapania undulata
Compressed FlapwortNardia compressa
Notched RustwortMarsupella emarginata
TormentilPotentilla erecta2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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