🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
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57.17432, -2.09881
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Little Grebe, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Little Grebe, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Smoothcap, Crescent-cup Liverwort +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Common Smoothcap, Crescent-cup Liverwort +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 104 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
City Centre<>Airport Link Cycling route ▾
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Named route Ref 195 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 1 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 1 Length 10 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1.5 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
42,711 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 42,711 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Mallard +27
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Eider Somateria mollissima Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Turnstone Arenaria interpres Starling Sturnus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma Beech Leaf Miner Orchestes fagi Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +18
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Shining Hookeria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 42,711 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Mallard +27
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Eider Somateria mollissima Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Turnstone Arenaria interpres Starling Sturnus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
2-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Beech Leaf Miner · Parasyrphus punctulatus +7
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma Beech Leaf Miner Orchestes fagi Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Smoothcap · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +18
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Shining Hookeria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Elipsocus hyalinus Elipsocus hyalinus
Elipsocus hyalinus Elipsocus hyalinus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum Hookeria lucens
Hookeria lucens
Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum
Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum
Palustriella commutata Palustriella commutata
Palustriella commutata Palustriella commutata
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Greater Featherwort Plagiochila asplenioides
Greater Featherwort Plagiochila asplenioides
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Overleaf Pellia Pellia epiphylla
Overleaf Pellia Pellia epiphylla
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Even Scalewort Radula complanata
Even Scalewort Radula complanata
Hair-pointed Feather-moss Cirriphyllum piliferum
Hair-pointed Feather-moss Cirriphyllum piliferum