Abbey Hill Golf Centre
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.04792, -0.81116
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 291m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 291m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swift, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Blue Damselfly +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ramsons, Cuckooflower, Himalayan Balsam +18 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
99 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,545 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,545 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Magpie · Jackdaw · Great Tit +34
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
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
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone · Hazel +2
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Cuckooflower
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,545 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Magpie · Jackdaw · Great Tit +34
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
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
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone · Hazel +2
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Cuckooflower
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cardamine pratensis2025
Cardamine pratensis2025
