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Boundary cross 300m north of Alders Farm

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WildlifeBirdsHeritage

Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Glow-worm, Tipula paludosa, Cheilosia impressa +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Tipula paludosa, Cheilosia impressa +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Tufted Vetch, Meadowsweet, Common Fleabane +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Meadowsweet, Common Fleabane +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

14,503 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,503 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2026

Jackdaw · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Gadwall +52

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,503 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2026

Jackdaw · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Gadwall +52

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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