Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.30797, -1.05959
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +36 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +83 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Garden Grape-hyacinth, Fox-and-cubs, Love-in-a-mist +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,857 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,857 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Red-legged Partridge · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow
- SwiftApus apus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Oak Bush-cricket
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Hawthorn · Hoary Willowherb · Great Mullein · Cock's-foot · Elm +136
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- ElmUlmus
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,857 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Red-legged Partridge · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow
- SwiftApus apus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Oak Bush-cricket
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Hawthorn · Hoary Willowherb · Great Mullein · Cock's-foot · Elm +136
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- ElmUlmus
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
