Plan your visit
🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 131 ha
Getting here
52.17206, -0.89046
Open directionsv Courteenhall House, Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England is an 18th-century country house built for Sir William Wake, 9th Baronet. Wake's architect was Samuel Saxon. The architectural style of the house is Neoclassical, and it is described by Pevsner as having been built with "great restraint but great sensitivity".
Read more on Wikipedia → English country house Grade II* listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird ✦ 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
🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird ✦ 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, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: THE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE
Free
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Peacock +25 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lecanora orosthea, Verrucaria, Myriospora rufescens +111 more · last seen 2016
Varies
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Union Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Northamptonshire Round Walking route ▾
Milton Keynes Boundary Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Hanslope Circular Ride Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-T Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Northampton Cycle Network Connect2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Connect2 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Norbital Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 539 Round trip National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 874 m ▾
Named route Ref 539 Length 874 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 6 Length 3.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Chiffchaff +38
Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Swift Apus apus Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring winter
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2023 Common Toad Bufo bufo2023 Kidney-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Rhinocyllus conicus · Cephus +2
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024 Rhinocyllus conicus Rhinocyllus conicus2024 Cephus Cephus2024 Thistle Tortoise Beetle Cassida rubiginosa Dog-rose · Ash · Blackthorn · Pineappleweed · Common Knapweed +5
Dog-rose Rosa canina Ash Fraxinus excelsior Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Greater Plantain Plantago major Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,831 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Chiffchaff +38
Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Swift Apus apus Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2023 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring winter
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2023 Common Toad Bufo bufo2023 Kidney-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Rhinocyllus conicus · Cephus +2
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024 Rhinocyllus conicus Rhinocyllus conicus2024 Cephus Cephus2024 Thistle Tortoise Beetle Cassida rubiginosa Dog-rose · Ash · Blackthorn · Pineappleweed · Common Knapweed +5
Dog-rose Rosa canina Ash Fraxinus excelsior Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Greater Plantain Plantago major Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera 