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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.25086, -0.95406
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Red Dead-nettle, Lesser Celandine +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route874 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 874 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,349 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,349 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon +20
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Callicorixa praeusta · Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis · Sigara (Subsigara) distincta · Common Pondskater +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Callicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeusta
- Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis
- Sigara (Subsigara) distinctaSigara (Subsigara) distincta
- Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
- Sigara (Subsigara) fossarumSigara (Subsigara) fossarum
Cleavers · Red Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Blackthorn · Shepherd's-purse +120
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,349 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon +20
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Callicorixa praeusta · Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis · Sigara (Subsigara) distincta · Common Pondskater +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Callicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeusta
- Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis
- Sigara (Subsigara) distinctaSigara (Subsigara) distincta
- Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
- Sigara (Subsigara) fossarumSigara (Subsigara) fossarum
Cleavers · Red Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Blackthorn · Shepherd's-purse +120
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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