Abbey Hill Golf Centre
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.04711, -0.81847
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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 Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 149m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 149m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Mute Swan, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swift, Mute Swan, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Ramsons, Himalayan Balsam, Sweet Violet +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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
91 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
8,760 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,760 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit +50
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Platycheirus scutatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Sweet Violet · Balkan Anemone · Hazel · Ramsons · Cuckooflower
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,760 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit +50
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Platycheirus scutatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Sweet Violet · Balkan Anemone · Hazel · Ramsons · Cuckooflower
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
