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Getting here
52.26219, -1.06411
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Brimstone, Anaglyptus mysticus +34 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ground-ivy, Mistletoe, Grass-leaved Orache +34 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Verdigris Roundhead · last seen 2012
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
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Whiltonbrook Spinney by the byway
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Wildlife to spot
3,421 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,421 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummer
2025▾
House Martin · Mallard · Robin · Blackcap · Linnet +28
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-winged Black · Syrphus ribesii · Sphaerophoria scripta +4
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra2023
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Ground-ivy · Hogweed · White Dead-nettle · Elder · Slender Speedwell +66
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,421 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummer
2025▾
House Martin · Mallard · Robin · Blackcap · Linnet +28
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-winged Black · Syrphus ribesii · Sphaerophoria scripta +4
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Dark-winged BlackPachygaster atra2023
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Ground-ivy · Hogweed · White Dead-nettle · Elder · Slender Speedwell +66
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2023Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatum20222024
2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024ElmUlmus2024ElmUlmus2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Field-roseRosa arvensis2024Field-roseRosa arvensis2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2024Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2023Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2023Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach2023Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach2023Brittle Bladder-fernCystopteris fragilis2022Brittle Bladder-fernCystopteris fragilis2022