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Windmill Avenue Allotments

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Dogs welcome

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52.39081, -0.71156

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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
🐕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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Juniper Shieldbug · last seen 2025; Insects — Juniper Shieldbug · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — White Comfrey, Garlic Mustard · last seen 2026; Plants — White Comfrey, Garlic Mustard · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Main RouteCycling route690 m

Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route812 m

Named routeRef 552Length 812 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route941 m

Named routeRef 552Length 941 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 552Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route526 m

Named routeRef 552Length 526 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

38,482 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,482 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds61 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Mallard +56

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

White Comfrey · Garlic Mustard

White ComfreySymphytum orientale
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,482 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Mallard +56

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

White Comfrey · Garlic Mustard

White ComfreySymphytum orientale
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Les Harvey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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