Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.52906, -0.39702
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Cormorant
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Cormorant
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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 — Mallard, Cormorant, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Badger, Soprano Pipistrelle, Brown Long-eared Bat +13 more · last seen 2024
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Barred Sallow, Silver Y +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +101 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Nassaburgh TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,217 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,217 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mallard · Coot · Gadwall · Tufted Duck · Cormorant +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Common TernSterna hirundo2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Badger · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Ivy Bee +5
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
🌿Plants7 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Wild Teasel · Cotton Thistle · Field Pansy · Black-bindweed · Lords-and-Ladies +2
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Cotton ThistleOnopordum acanthium
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- BoxBuxus sempervirens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,217 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mallard · Coot · Gadwall · Tufted Duck · Cormorant +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Common TernSterna hirundo2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Badger · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Ivy Bee +5
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
🌿Plants7 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Wild Teasel · Cotton Thistle · Field Pansy · Black-bindweed · Lords-and-Ladies +2
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Cotton ThistleOnopordum acanthium
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- BoxBuxus sempervirens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bishop's Mitre
Bishop's Mitre
Aelia acuminata2023
Aelia acuminata2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023Groundsel
Groundsel
Senecio vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris
