Brackenbury Farm moated site 3/4 mile (1210m) NW of Ickenham church 1 ha
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Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Archaeological site scheduled monument
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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Coot +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Coot +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Western Honey Bee +90 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Western Honey Bee +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Broad-leaved Dock, Creeping Cinquefoil +24 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Broad-leaved Dock, Creeping Cinquefoil +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Sweet Chestnut, White Dead-nettle, Bramble +4 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby
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Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
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Napton to Coy Carp section
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Show on map Photos Gatemead Farm from a Chiltern line train
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Wildlife to spot
24,504 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,504 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard · Grey Heron +37
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mole
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug +35
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Hornet Vespa crabro Emperor Dragonfly Bramble · Creeping Cinquefoil · Fat-hen · Hedge Bindweed · Sweet Chestnut +10
Bramble Rubus Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Fat-hen Chenopodium album Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,504 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard · Grey Heron +37
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Southern Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mole
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug +35
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Hornet Vespa crabro Emperor Dragonfly Bramble · Creeping Cinquefoil · Fat-hen · Hedge Bindweed · Sweet Chestnut +10
Bramble Rubus Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Fat-hen Chenopodium album Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Platylabus rufus Platylabus rufus
Platylabus rufus Platylabus rufus
Aquarius paludum Aquarius paludum
Aquarius paludum Aquarius paludum
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Loricera pilicornis Loricera pilicornis
Loricera pilicornis Loricera pilicornis
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Dromius quadrimaculatus Dromius quadrimaculatus
Dromius quadrimaculatus Dromius quadrimaculatus
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Carabus granulatus Carabus granulatus
Carabus granulatus Carabus granulatus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Platystomos albinus Platystomos albinus
Platystomos albinus Platystomos albinus
Carabus Carabus
Carabus Carabus
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Elaphrus cupreus Elaphrus cupreus
Elaphrus cupreus Elaphrus cupreus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Ragwort Senecio
Ragwort Senecio
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum 