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Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.79599, -0.08024
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ The Glass House — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ The Glass House — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Hawfinch, Pochard +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Hawfinch, Pochard +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Yarrow, False Oat-grass +56 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Nettle, Yarrow, False Oat-grass +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +62 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Walnut +8 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 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 route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map Castle Bridges public footpath · 92 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 92 m Path type: footway
Show on map The Gulphs public footpath · 15 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 15 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Water Lane public footpath · 95 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 95 m Path type: footway
Show on map 43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 13 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 13 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 101 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 101 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 78 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 78 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 284 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 284 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos View of the Hertford Theatre from the Castle car park #2
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Wildlife to spot
55,495 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 55,495 records · National Biodiversity Network Pochard · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +36
Pochard Aythya ferina Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Bittern Botaurus stellaris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Field Grasshopper · Epistrophe eligans · Larch Ladybird +16
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus Yarrow · False Oat-grass · Wood Anemone · Lesser Stitchwort · Yellow Oat-grass +27
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2025 Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens2025 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 55,495 records · National Biodiversity Network Pochard · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +36
Pochard Aythya ferina Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Bittern Botaurus stellaris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Field Grasshopper · Epistrophe eligans · Larch Ladybird +16
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus Yarrow · False Oat-grass · Wood Anemone · Lesser Stitchwort · Yellow Oat-grass +27
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2025 Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens2025 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Comma Polygonia c-album2025
Comma Polygonia c-album2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Dasysyrphus Dasysyrphus2025
Dasysyrphus Dasysyrphus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Grass Ant Myrmecina graminicola2025
Grass Ant Myrmecina graminicola2025
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus2025
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 2025
2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2025
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2025
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2025
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Common Sallow Salix cinerea2025
Common Sallow Salix cinerea2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
Yew Taxus baccata2025
Yew Taxus baccata2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Walnut Juglans regia2025
Walnut Juglans regia2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2025
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2025
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2025
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2025
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2025
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2025
Field Maple Acer campestre2025
Field Maple Acer campestre2025
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum2025
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum2025
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber2025
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber2025
White Campion Silene latifolia2025
White Campion Silene latifolia2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Red Fescue Festuca rubra2025
Red Fescue Festuca rubra2025
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis2025
Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis2025 