Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome112 ha
Getting here
52.41161, -0.58223
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦26+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦26+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +23 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +23 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Green-veined White +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
East Northamptonshire GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,651 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,651 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Glossy Ibis +15
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PintailAnas acuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis arbustorum · Eristalis tenax · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Field Grasshopper +3
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,651 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Glossy Ibis +15
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PintailAnas acuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis arbustorum · Eristalis tenax · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Field Grasshopper +3
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataEvents & activities nearby
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