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Bletchley Bowls Club

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Bletchley Town Bowls Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Bletchley Town Bowls Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Canada Goose +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Canada Goose +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +37 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +37 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Water Dock, Curled Pondweed, False Fox-sedge +14 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Water Dock, Curled Pondweed, False Fox-sedge +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Sorrel, Bulrush, Water Mint

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km

Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route

Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

Seven Parishes Millennium Circular WalkWalking route21.6 km

Named routeLength 21.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

151 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

MK Redway Super Route H8Cycling route

Named routeRef H8Local cycle route

National Byway (Beds)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

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

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Longslade TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

11,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Mallard +48

Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
PochardAythya ferina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

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Insects5 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Harlequin Ladybird · Syritta pipiens · Batman Hoverfly

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Mallard +48

Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
PochardAythya ferina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Harlequin Ladybird · Syritta pipiens · Batman Hoverfly

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Cameraman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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