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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕On a Plate — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕On a Plate — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

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🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

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9 activities

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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Swift +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Swift +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Box Tree Moth, Green Shieldbug, Syritta pipiens +64 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Green Shieldbug, Syritta pipiens +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 136Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route468 m

Named routeRef 136Length 468 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 136Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route37 m

Named routeRef 136Length 37 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route71 m

Named routeRef 136Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,679 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,679 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Buzzard · Swift · Carrion Crow +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Fallow Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Badger · Pipistrelle Bat species +4

Fallow DeerDama dama2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians5 species

winter

2026

Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Common ToadBufo bufo2022

🐝

Insects66 species

springsummer

2026

Box Tree Moth · Green Shieldbug · Syritta pipiens · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Helophilus pendulus +61

Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2021
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Nimbus obliteratusNimbus obliteratus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Apolygus spinolaeApolygus spinolae2025
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2025
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2022
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2021
House-flyMusca domestica2021
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2021
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2021
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2022

Butterfly-bush

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,679 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Buzzard · Swift · Carrion Crow +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Fallow Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Badger · Pipistrelle Bat species +4

Fallow DeerDama dama2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians5 species

winter

2026

Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Common ToadBufo bufo2022

🐝

Insects66 species

springsummer

2026

Box Tree Moth · Green Shieldbug · Syritta pipiens · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Helophilus pendulus +61

Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2021
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Nimbus obliteratusNimbus obliteratus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Apolygus spinolaeApolygus spinolae2025
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2025
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2022
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2021
House-flyMusca domestica2021
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2021
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2021
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2022

Butterfly-bush

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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