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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
✦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

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
✦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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small White, Brimstone, Large White +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Brimstone, Large White +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Marsh Helleborine · last seen 2023; Plants — Marsh Helleborine · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route

Circular Walk "Town to Country No 3"Walking route

Named route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

recreational cycle route 10Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Back Lane (Stane Street)byway open to all traffic · 1.1 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.1 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

3,801 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,801 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

summerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Pheasant · Jackdaw +42

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MagpiePica pica
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
QuailCoturnix coturnix
RavenCorvus corax
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024

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Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Fallow Deer · Muntjac

Fallow DeerDama dama
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2025

Common Water-Boatman · Water Measurer · Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis

Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,801 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

summerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Pheasant · Jackdaw +42

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MagpiePica pica
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwallowHirundo rustica
QuailCoturnix coturnix
RavenCorvus corax
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Fallow Deer · Muntjac

Fallow DeerDama dama
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2025

Common Water-Boatman · Water Measurer · Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis

Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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🌱Layston Court GardensUrban park3.4 km→🌱Layston Court GardensUrban park3.4 km→✦Roman site near railway stationHistoric site4.8 km→✦Moor Hall: a moated manorial site and associated earthworks immediately north-east of Moor GreenHistoric site2.2 km→🌱Great Munden Recreational GardenUrban park2.6 km→⛪St Lawrence's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→

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