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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.91613, -0.66684
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Banded Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Elder, Snowdrop, Norway Maple +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Ridges LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km▾
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km▾
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route111 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
35,101 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,101 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +50
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Juniper Shieldbug · Varied Carpet Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Snowdrop
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,101 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +50
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Juniper Shieldbug · Varied Carpet Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Snowdrop
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025