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Wildlife awards
Northward Hill is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.
Top things to do in Spring
- 250 pairs of grey herons and little egrets nest in the trees in the UK's largest heronry. Nightingales return to the wood in April and sing in dense undergrowth
- Carpets of bluebells from mid April-May
- Avocets nest on reservoir islands
Top things to do in Summer
- Watch out for hobbies hunting dragonflies over the marsh, while marsh harriers quarter the reedbeds
- You could see the rare white-letter hairstreak butterfly in the woodland, or turtle doves on overhead wires
- See the whitethroat dart rapidly in and out of cover, before heading to the south of the Sahara for the winter
Top things to do in Autumn
- Swallows gather around farm buildings. Noisy jays in the wood gather acorns
- Migrant hawker and common darter dragonflies can be present in large numbers
- Migrating waders such as green and common sandpipers may be seen on the reservoirs
Top things to do in Winter
- Redwings and fieldfares can be seen in the orchards below the wood
- See the 4,000-strong rook and jackdaw 'spectacular' as they prepare to roost in the wood
- Wintering wildfowl like wigeons, teals and shovelers gather on the reservoirs and flooded fields