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Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.04616, -0.74665
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Mallard +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Primrose, Sweet Violet, Wood Anemone +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
169 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 V11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V11Local cycle route
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
40,018 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,018 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Coot · Grey Heron · Cormorant · Gadwall +40
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Primrose · Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Cowslip · Shepherd's-purse +9
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,018 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Coot · Grey Heron · Cormorant · Gadwall +40
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Primrose · Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Cowslip · Shepherd's-purse +9
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
