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Getting here
52.25339, -1.40078
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Swift
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Swift
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Brimstone, Marbled White +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way - Alternative routesWalking route▾
Named routeRef CW-A
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route183 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 183 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,958 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,958 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects50 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Large White · Small White · Common Blue · Gatekeeper · Tortoise Bug +45
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,958 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects50 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Large White · Small White · Common Blue · Gatekeeper · Tortoise Bug +45
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green-veined White
Green-veined White
Pieris napi2024
Pieris napi2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2025Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024