Abbey Hill Golf Centre
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.04616, -0.80794
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Magpie, Moorhen +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swift, Magpie, Moorhen +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Ramsons, Cowslip, Cuckooflower +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
97 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 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
MK Redway Super Route H8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H8Local cycle route
Photos
Monks Way approaching Abbey Hill Roundabout
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Great Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CootFulica atra2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Vine Weevil · Platycheirus scutatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone · Hazel +3
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Cowslip
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,546 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Great Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CootFulica atra2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Vine Weevil · Platycheirus scutatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone · Hazel +3
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Cowslip
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Primula veris2025
Primula veris2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025