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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
52.56857, -0.23597
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Chalkboard — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Chalkboard — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Meliscaeva auricollis, 14-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Gunwade TrailWalking route▾
Wildflower TrailWalking route▾
Ham Mere TrailWalking route▾
Bluebell TrailWalking route▾
Henry Penn Walkpublic footpath · 433 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 433 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
188 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
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
118,092 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
118,092 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Long-tailed Tit · Cormorant · Mallard · Starling +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
7-spot Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Liocoris tripustulatus +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Wavy Bitter-cress · Springbeauty · Nipplewort · Sweet Violet · Holly +10
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
118,092 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Long-tailed Tit · Cormorant · Mallard · Starling +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
7-spot Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Liocoris tripustulatus +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Wavy Bitter-cress · Springbeauty · Nipplewort · Sweet Violet · Holly +10
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxIndet. MothflyPsychodidaeIndet. MothflyPsychodidaeScathophagaScathophagaScathophagaScathophagaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphus24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaEvents & activities nearby
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