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The Green
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.86298, -0.73799
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7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +45 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +45 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, 24-spot Ladybird +115 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Round Aylesbury WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Two Ridges LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Aqua WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef AquaLocal cycle route
Sapphire WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef SapphireLocal cycle route
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
N/ACycling route59 m▾
Named routeLength 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route24 m▾
Named routeLength 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
About this urban park
The Green is a urban park covering 0 hectares.
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,716 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,716 records · NBN AtlasWren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackcap · Chiffchaff
+43 more speciesHide species list
All 48 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer
🐝Insects118 species
springsummerautumn
20267-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · 24-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird
+113 more speciesHide species list
All 118 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,716 records · NBN AtlasWren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackcap · Chiffchaff
+43 more speciesHide species list
All 48 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer
🐝Insects118 species
springsummerautumn
20267-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · 24-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird
+113 more speciesHide species list
All 118 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Eleagnus SuckerCacopsylla fulguralisEleagnus SuckerCacopsylla fulguralisAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2024Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2024Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023Yellow Loosestrife BeeMacropis europaea2023Yellow Loosestrife BeeMacropis europaea2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025ScymnusScymnus2025ScymnusScymnus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2024Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2024Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuletiEuropean CinchbugIschnodemus sabuletiLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2025Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2025Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Hawthorn Leaf BeetleLochmaea crataegi2025Hawthorn Leaf BeetleLochmaea crataegi2025Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024Black LaggardApethymus serotinus2024Black LaggardApethymus serotinus2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024Pilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatus2024Pilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatus2024Loosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalis2024Loosestrife SawflyMonostegia abdominalis2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2024Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2024Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2024Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2024Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2024Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2024Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Dorytomus tortrixDorytomus tortrix2023Dorytomus tortrixDorytomus tortrix2023Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2023Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2023Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus2023Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus2023Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023Galerucella calmariensisGalerucella calmariensis2023Galerucella calmariensisGalerucella calmariensis2023Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2023Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2023Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2023Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2023Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2023Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2023Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2023Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi2023Phyllaphis fagiPhyllaphis fagi2023Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2023Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2023Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni2023Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni2023Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023Events & activities nearby
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