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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.53455, -0.23976
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Crown Lakes 7m away — 16 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Crown Lakes 7m away — 16 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉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, Blackbird, Magpie +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 12
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Gunwade TrailWalking route▾
Wildflower TrailWalking route▾
Ham Mere TrailWalking route▾
Bluebell TrailWalking route▾
185 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dodds CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Haddon Waybridleway · 258 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 258 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
26,913 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,913 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus2024
Roe Deer · Badger · Wood Mouse · Chinese Water Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects12 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Oxystoma pomonae +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae2025
Wild Teasel · Bristly Oxtongue
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,913 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus2024
Roe Deer · Badger · Wood Mouse · Chinese Water Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects12 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Oxystoma pomonae +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae2025
Wild Teasel · Bristly Oxtongue
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Blue Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025PhryganeidaePhryganeidae2025PhryganeidaePhryganeidae2025Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2024Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii2024Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii2024Events & activities nearby
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