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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.25019, -0.50595
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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 Blackcap and Chiffchaff
- 🐕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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Chiffchaff
- 🐕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 — Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Purple Hairstreak, Ant Damsel Bug, Common Pondskater +161 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cowslip, Common Knapweed, Great Willowherb +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bridleway through the woods
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,245 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,245 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackcap · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Dunnock +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Ruddy Darter · Marmalade Hoverfly · Aphis (Aphis) jacobaeae +8
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Aphis (Aphis) jacobaeaeAphis (Aphis) jacobaeae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Brown Hawker
Common Knapweed · Great Willowherb · Bristly Oxtongue · Spear Thistle · Wild Teasel +4
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,245 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackcap · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Dunnock +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Ruddy Darter · Marmalade Hoverfly · Aphis (Aphis) jacobaeae +8
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Aphis (Aphis) jacobaeaeAphis (Aphis) jacobaeae
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Brown Hawker
Common Knapweed · Great Willowherb · Bristly Oxtongue · Spear Thistle · Wild Teasel +4
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
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