Spring
• The dawn chorus peaking in May.
• Numerous patches of bluebells throughout the park.
• Chiffchaff, blackcap, swallow, sand martin, whitethroat and hopefully cuckoo returning to us from their winter bases.
• Common frogs and toads migrating back to their ponds to breed.
• Orange-tip, holly blue and brimstone butterflies on the wing.
• A carpet buttercups and cowslips in the parkland.
• Basking adders.
Summer
• White admiral butterflies along the woodland rides and purple hairstreaks from the top of the gazebo.
• Thrift flowering on the clifftop with colour varying from almost white to deep pink.
• Nesting swallows in the courtyard.
• Flowering foxgloves adding colour to the woodland.
• Wildflower meadow in the Bower with yellow rattle and oxeye daisies
• Broad-bodied chaser dragonflies and common/azure damselflies can be seen on the Bower pond.
• Nightjars calling on Weybourne Heath.
Autumn
• A good variety of fungi can be seen, look out for waxcaps in the parkland, at least a dozen species have been recorded.
• Autumn colour, an interesting combination of native and exotic tree species help to provide a stunning display as the leaves begin to fall.
• Listen out for the calls of nuthatch and green woodpecker.
• Southern hawker, common and ruddy darter dragonflies on the wing.
• Red admiral, peacock and comma butterflies can often be seen sunning themselves on the vegetation.
• Flocks of tits often form in good numbers; they are always worth looking out for as goldcrest, siskin and treecreeper amongst others move with them.
• Varying colours of rowan berries provide a good food source for the birdlife of the park.
A monthly sightings board is maintained at the visitor centre, please let us know if you can add to our list.
