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🦉Wildlife🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.33973, -0.65018
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Milligan's Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Milligan's Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, café
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lakes and Meadows TrailWalking route42.5 km▾
Named routeLength 42.5 kmLocal walking route
Ditchford Muddy Boot TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nature Trail WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
East Northamptonshire GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
12,838 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Wren · Meadow Pipit +42
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker +10
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common Darter
Elder · Chicory
- ElderSambucus nigra
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Wren · Meadow Pipit +42
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker +10
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common Darter
Elder · Chicory
- ElderSambucus nigra
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBrown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Events & activities nearby
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