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Getting here

52.04608, -0.74678

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕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 Mute Swan and Coot
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland

Bluebell walks

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Syrphus, Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Primrose, Sweet Violet, Wood Anemone +11 more · last seen 2026

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

North Bucks WayWalking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

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169 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Millennium Circular RouteCycling route▾

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

MK Redway Super Route V11Cycling route▾

Named routeRef V11Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route▾

Named routeRef V7Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route▾

Named routeRef V6Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾

Named routeRef V4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

39,219 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

39,219 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds89 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron

+84 more species

All 89 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

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Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Fox

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Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

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Insects19 species

springsummer

2025

Syrphus · Common Blue Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug

+14 more species

All 19 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

SyrphusSyrphus
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Migrant Hawker

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Plants14 species

spring

2026

Primrose · Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Cowslip · White Dead-nettle

+9 more species

All 14 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
CowslipPrimula veris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,219 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds89 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron

+84 more species

All 89 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

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Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Fox

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Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

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Insects19 species

springsummer

2025

Syrphus · Common Blue Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug

+14 more species

All 19 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

SyrphusSyrphus
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Migrant Hawker

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Plants14 species

spring

2026

Primrose · Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Cowslip · White Dead-nettle

+9 more species

All 14 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
CowslipPrimula veris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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📷 shaun george · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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📷 shaun george · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Milton Keynes Rose

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Parking

Marlborough Gate Car Park · Paid · 221m

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🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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🌱Stanton Low ParkUrban park3.7 km→🌱Caldecotte LakeUrban park4.9 km→🌱Ouzel Valley ParkUrban park2.2 km→🌱Lodge LakeUrban park3.1 km→🌱Great Linford Manor ParkUrban park3.1 km→🌱Loughton Valley Linear ParkUrban park3.1 km→