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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 — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Starling, Shag +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Starling, Shag +67 more · last seen 2025
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Welsh Poppy, Hart's-Tongue, Italian Toadflax +54 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Welsh Poppy, Hart's-Tongue, Italian Toadflax +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Black Darter, Large Red Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,040 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,040 records · National Biodiversity Network Starling · Shag · Pied Wagtail · Oystercatcher · Redshank +32
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Shag Gulosus aristotelis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Redshank Tringa totanus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Gannet Morus bassanus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Common Gull Larus canus Eider Somateria mollissima Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Sanderling Calidris alba Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Curlew Numenius arquata Turnstone Arenaria interpres Swallow Hirundo rustica Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Dunlin Calidris alpina Great Skua Stercorarius skua Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rook Corvus frugilegus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Common Guillemot Uria aalge Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Lapwing Vanellus vanellus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia Blackbird Turdus merula Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Risso's Dolphin · Delphinidae · Common Porpoise +1
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus Delphinidae Delphinidae Common Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Stoat Mustela erminea Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Syrphus +5
Black Darter Sympetrum danae Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Syrphus Syrphus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Bibio pomonae Bibio pomonae Great Willowherb · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Italian Toadflax · Tufted Vetch · Fuchsia +24
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Italian Toadflax Cymbalaria pallida Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides Hart's-Tongue Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,040 records · National Biodiversity Network Starling · Shag · Pied Wagtail · Oystercatcher · Redshank +32
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Shag Gulosus aristotelis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Redshank Tringa totanus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Gannet Morus bassanus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Common Gull Larus canus Eider Somateria mollissima Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Sanderling Calidris alba Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Curlew Numenius arquata Turnstone Arenaria interpres Swallow Hirundo rustica Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Dunlin Calidris alpina Great Skua Stercorarius skua Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rook Corvus frugilegus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Common Guillemot Uria aalge Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Lapwing Vanellus vanellus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia Blackbird Turdus merula Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Risso's Dolphin · Delphinidae · Common Porpoise +1
Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus Delphinidae Delphinidae Common Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Stoat Mustela erminea Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Syrphus +5
Black Darter Sympetrum danae Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Syrphus Syrphus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Bibio pomonae Bibio pomonae Great Willowherb · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Italian Toadflax · Tufted Vetch · Fuchsia +24
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Italian Toadflax Cymbalaria pallida Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides Hart's-Tongue Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus manicatus Platycheirus manicatus
Platycheirus manicatus Platycheirus manicatus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Scathophaga calida Scathophaga calida
Scathophaga calida Scathophaga calida Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium
Escallonia Escallonia rubra var. macrantha
Escallonia Escallonia rubra var. macrantha
Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis
Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum
Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium
Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Green-ribbed Sedge Carex binervis
Green-ribbed Sedge Carex binervis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum
Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris 