Ashton Roman small town north east of Oundle
33 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome33 ha
Getting here
52.49049, -0.45781
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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 Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Tit +79 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Tit +79 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +93 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Ivy, Sweet Violet +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route188 m▾
Named routeLength 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
42,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,190 records · National Biodiversity NetworkFieldfare · Redwing · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Black-headed Gull · Goldfinch +40
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scatopse notata · Common Cockchafer · Badister bullatus · Agonum marginatum +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scatopse notataScatopse notata
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
- Agonum marginatumAgonum marginatum
- Large Willow Aphid
Sweet Violet · Groundsel · Ivy · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle +111
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- IvyHedera helix
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,190 records · National Biodiversity NetworkFieldfare · Redwing · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Black-headed Gull · Goldfinch +40
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scatopse notata · Common Cockchafer · Badister bullatus · Agonum marginatum +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scatopse notataScatopse notata
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
- Agonum marginatumAgonum marginatum
- Large Willow Aphid
Sweet Violet · Groundsel · Ivy · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle +111
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- IvyHedera helix
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025PolietesPolietes2025PolietesPolietes2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025CowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisOregon-grapeMahonia aquifoliumOregon-grapeMahonia aquifoliumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2025Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2025Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025HollyhockAlcea rosea2025HollyhockAlcea rosea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2025Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Spotted MedickMedicago arabica2025Spotted MedickMedicago arabica2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025KniphofiaKniphofia2025KniphofiaKniphofia2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2025Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Great LettuceLactuca virosa2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita2025Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025ElmUlmus2025ElmUlmus2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Events & activities nearby
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