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Everard Meadow

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby, toilets nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby, toilets nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidToilets

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 51

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Common Flower Bug, Norellia spinipes +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Common Flower Bug, Norellia spinipes +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

John Bunyan TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km

Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route

Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Fish Ponds Bridgepublic footpath · 29 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

Gudgeons Meadow Bridgepublic footpath · 17 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 17 mSurface woodPath type: footway

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Cycling

76 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

Route 26Cycling route

Named routeRef 26Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

318,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

318,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Grey Heron +45

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CootFulica atra2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

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Insects8 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Common Flower Bug · Norellia spinipes · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird +3

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escaleraeDicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae
Macrolophus rubiMacrolophus rubi

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Plants3 species

winter

2026

Alexanders · Groundsel · Pellitory-of-the-wall

AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

318,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Grey Heron +45

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CootFulica atra2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Common Flower Bug · Norellia spinipes · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird +3

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escaleraeDicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae
Macrolophus rubiMacrolophus rubi

🌿

Plants3 species

winter

2026

Alexanders · Groundsel · Pellitory-of-the-wall

AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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