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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.24702, -0.86265
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional 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
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
166 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route874 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 874 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
43,795 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
43,795 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +41
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Red Dead-nettle · Green Alkanet · Common Field-speedwell · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Chickweed +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,795 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +41
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Red Dead-nettle · Green Alkanet · Common Field-speedwell · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Chickweed +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
CowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorata