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51.56365, -3.77348

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Wren, Robin +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Wren, Robin +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Oedemera lurida, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle +122 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Oedemera lurida, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle +122 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Scarce Redshank, Yellow Feather-moss, Neat Feather-moss +55 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Scarce Redshank, Yellow Feather-moss, Neat Feather-moss +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

80 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 887Cycling route

Named routeRef 887National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

Bryn Goytre CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route622 m

Named routeRef 4Length 622 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds85 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Wren · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit +80

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
MagpiePica pica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common GullLarus canus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Great White EgretArdea alba2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus2022
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
PigeonColumba2021
GannetMorus bassanus2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Porpoise

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects125 species

summer

2025

Empis tessellata · Oedemera lurida · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Malachite Beetle · Meadow Grasshopper +120

Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2022
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Isomira murinaIsomira murina2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Rhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventris2022
Pterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuus2022
Agriotes sputatorAgriotes sputator2022
Sitona humeralisSitona humeralis2022
Amara communisAmara communis2022
Bembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatum2022
Minettia fasciataMinettia fasciata2022
Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatus2022
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2022
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2022
St Marks FlyBibio marci2022
Dorytomus taeniatusDorytomus taeniatus2022
Pterostichus diligensPterostichus diligens2022
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022
Bembidion guttulaBembidion guttula2022
Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae2022
Acupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubius2022
Empis lividaEmpis livida2022
Stomis pumicatusStomis pumicatus2022
Pterostichus nigritaPterostichus nigrita2022
Amara tibialisAmara tibialis2022
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2022
Meligethes viridescensMeligethes viridescens2022
Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2022
Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor2022
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2022
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2022
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2022
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2022
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2022
Calliopum elisaeCalliopum elisae2022
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2022
Meligethes fulvipesMeligethes fulvipes2022
Cleigastra apicalisCleigastra apicalis2022
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum2022
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2022
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2022
Perapion violaceumPerapion violaceum2022
Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2022
Agonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosum2022
Palloptera quinquemaculataPalloptera quinquemaculata2022
Thecophora atraThecophora atra2022
Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Agonum emarginatumAgonum emarginatum2022
Sitona cylindricollisSitona cylindricollis2022
Sitona suturalisSitona suturalis2022
Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus2022
Mecinus pyrasterMecinus pyraster2022
Rhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpius2022
Thecophora fulvipesThecophora fulvipes2022
Red AntMyrmica rubra2022
Olibrus aeneusOlibrus aeneus2022
Catops nigricansCatops nigricans2022
Cabbage Seed WeevilCeutorhynchus obstrictus (=assimilis auctt.)2022
Herina lugubrisHerina lugubris2022
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2022
Contacyphon laevipennisContacyphon laevipennis2022
Ophonus puncticepsOphonus puncticeps2022
Clover Leaf WeevilHypera postica2022
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus2022
Contacyphon coarctatusContacyphon coarctatus2022
Micropeza corrigiolataMicropeza corrigiolata2022
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2022
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2022
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022
Silis ruficollisSilis ruficollis2022
Amara lunicollisAmara lunicollis2022
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2022
Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus2022
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2022
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2022
Malthodes marginatusMalthodes marginatus2022
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022
Stenopterapion melilotiStenopterapion meliloti2022
Anaspis pulicariaAnaspis pulicaria2022
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2022
Bradycellus harpalinusBradycellus harpalinus2022
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2022
Leistus terminatusLeistus terminatus2022
CantharisCantharis2022
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2022
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2022
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2022
Melieria crassipennisMelieria crassipennis2022
Cheilosia latifronsCheilosia latifrons2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022
Harpalus tardusHarpalus tardus2022
Rhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularis2022
Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatus2022
Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2022
EristalisEristalis2022
Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea2022
Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2022
Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2022
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2022
Rhinusa antirrhiniRhinusa antirrhini2022
Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae2022
Perapion curtirostrePerapion curtirostre2022
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2022
Willow Gall WeevilArcharius salicivorus2022
Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2022
Byrrhus pustulatusByrrhus pustulatus2022
Amara convexiorAmara convexior2022

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Plants58 species

spring

2025

Scarce Redshank · Yellow Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus +53

Scarce RedshankCeratodon conicus2024
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2024
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2024
Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum2024
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2024
Drooping Thread-mossBryum algovicum2024
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2024
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2024
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
White StonecropSedum album
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2024
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2024
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2024
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2024
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2024
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2024
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2024
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2024
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Pointed Beard-mossDidymodon icmadophilus2024
Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus2024
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2024
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum2024
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus2024
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2024
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2024
Dicranella howeiDicranella howei2024
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2024
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024
Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana2024
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2024
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2024
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2024
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2024
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2024
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium2024
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2024
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2024
EyebrightEuphrasia2022
Showy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,495 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds85 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Wren · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit +80

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
MagpiePica pica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common GullLarus canus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Great White EgretArdea alba2024
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus2022
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
PigeonColumba2021
GannetMorus bassanus2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Porpoise

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects125 species

summer

2025

Empis tessellata · Oedemera lurida · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Malachite Beetle · Meadow Grasshopper +120

Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2022
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Isomira murinaIsomira murina2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Rhagonycha nigriventrisRhagonycha nigriventris2022
Pterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuus2022
Agriotes sputatorAgriotes sputator2022
Sitona humeralisSitona humeralis2022
Amara communisAmara communis2022
Bembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatum2022
Minettia fasciataMinettia fasciata2022
Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatus2022
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2022
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2022
St Marks FlyBibio marci2022
Dorytomus taeniatusDorytomus taeniatus2022
Pterostichus diligensPterostichus diligens2022
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022
Bembidion guttulaBembidion guttula2022
Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae2022
Acupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubius2022
Empis lividaEmpis livida2022
Stomis pumicatusStomis pumicatus2022
Pterostichus nigritaPterostichus nigrita2022
Amara tibialisAmara tibialis2022
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022
Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2022
Meligethes viridescensMeligethes viridescens2022
Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2022
Poecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolor2022
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2022
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2022
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2022
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2022
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2022
Calliopum elisaeCalliopum elisae2022
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2022
Meligethes fulvipesMeligethes fulvipes2022
Cleigastra apicalisCleigastra apicalis2022
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum2022
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2022
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2022
Perapion violaceumPerapion violaceum2022
Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2022
Agonum fuliginosumAgonum fuliginosum2022
Palloptera quinquemaculataPalloptera quinquemaculata2022
Thecophora atraThecophora atra2022
Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Agonum emarginatumAgonum emarginatum2022
Sitona cylindricollisSitona cylindricollis2022
Sitona suturalisSitona suturalis2022
Polydrusus cervinusPolydrusus cervinus2022
Mecinus pyrasterMecinus pyraster2022
Rhinoncus pericarpiusRhinoncus pericarpius2022
Thecophora fulvipesThecophora fulvipes2022
Red AntMyrmica rubra2022
Olibrus aeneusOlibrus aeneus2022
Catops nigricansCatops nigricans2022
Cabbage Seed WeevilCeutorhynchus obstrictus (=assimilis auctt.)2022
Herina lugubrisHerina lugubris2022
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2022
Contacyphon laevipennisContacyphon laevipennis2022
Ophonus puncticepsOphonus puncticeps2022
Clover Leaf WeevilHypera postica2022
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus2022
Contacyphon coarctatusContacyphon coarctatus2022
Micropeza corrigiolataMicropeza corrigiolata2022
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2022
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2022
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022
Silis ruficollisSilis ruficollis2022
Amara lunicollisAmara lunicollis2022
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2022
Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus2022
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2022
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2022
Malthodes marginatusMalthodes marginatus2022
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022
Stenopterapion melilotiStenopterapion meliloti2022
Anaspis pulicariaAnaspis pulicaria2022
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2022
Bradycellus harpalinusBradycellus harpalinus2022
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2022
Leistus terminatusLeistus terminatus2022
CantharisCantharis2022
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2022
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2022
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2022
Melieria crassipennisMelieria crassipennis2022
Cheilosia latifronsCheilosia latifrons2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022
Harpalus tardusHarpalus tardus2022
Rhinoncus perpendicularisRhinoncus perpendicularis2022
Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatus2022
Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2022
EristalisEristalis2022
Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea2022
Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2022
Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2022
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2022
Rhinusa antirrhiniRhinusa antirrhini2022
Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae2022
Perapion curtirostrePerapion curtirostre2022
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2022
Willow Gall WeevilArcharius salicivorus2022
Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2022
Byrrhus pustulatusByrrhus pustulatus2022
Amara convexiorAmara convexior2022

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Plants58 species

spring

2025

Scarce Redshank · Yellow Feather-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus +53

Scarce RedshankCeratodon conicus2024
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2024
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2024
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2024
Didymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. tophaceus2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum2024
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2024
Drooping Thread-mossBryum algovicum2024
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2024
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2024
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2024
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2024
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2024
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2024
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
White StonecropSedum album
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2024
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2024
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2024
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2024
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2024
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2024
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2024
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2024
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Pointed Beard-mossDidymodon icmadophilus2024
Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus2024
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2024
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum2024
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus2024
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2024
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2024
Dicranella howeiDicranella howei2024
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2024
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024
Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana2024
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2024
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2024
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2024
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2024
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2024
Spiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpa2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium2024
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2024
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2024
EyebrightEuphrasia2022
Showy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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