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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.05827, 0.32535
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Great Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Great Tit, Blackbird +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Swift, Great Tit, Blackbird +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Dog's Mercury, Hogweed +22 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Turpin's Trail 3Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Homewood Waybridleway · 443 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 443 mPath type: bridleway
Lorkins Lanebridleway · 984 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 984 mPath type: bridleway
Homewood Waybridleway · 207 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 207 mPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,498 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Skylark · Chiffchaff · Kestrel · Wren +20
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Ringlet +19
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Skylark · Chiffchaff · Kestrel · Wren +20
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Ringlet +19
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Pipiza austriacaPipiza austriacaPipiza austriacaPipiza austriacaWheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2024Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023