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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.32572, -0.89949
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +94 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +94 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Eristalis pertinax +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Guelder-rose, Wild Marjoram, Cow Parsley +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 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
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route149 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route191 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Across Pitsford Reservoir to the ever-expanding Brixworth: aerial 2017
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Redwing · Little Grebe · Coot · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Plantain Leaf Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +5
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Plantain Leaf BeetleChrysolina haemoptera
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Broad-leaved Dock · Pedunculate Oak · Common Nettle · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · White Clover +89
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Redwing · Little Grebe · Coot · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Plantain Leaf Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +5
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Plantain Leaf BeetleChrysolina haemoptera
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Broad-leaved Dock · Pedunculate Oak · Common Nettle · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · White Clover +89
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas