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Fishermead Sports Ground

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Testimony — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Testimony — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Blue Damselfly +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Blue Damselfly +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dandelion, Daisy, Blackthorn +23 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Dandelion, Daisy, Blackthorn +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Dandelion, Blackthorn, White Dead-nettle +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

North Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hanslope Circular RideWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

173 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Millennium Circular RouteCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

MK Redway Super Route V11Cycling route

Named routeRef V11Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route

Named routeRef V7Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route

Named routeRef V6Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route

Named routeRef V4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,494 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,494 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Magpie · Mallard · Coot · Canada Goose +58

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird +9

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants12 species

spring

2026

Cowslip · White Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Lords-and-Ladies +7

CowslipPrimula veris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,494 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Magpie · Mallard · Coot · Canada Goose +58

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird +9

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants12 species

spring

2026

Cowslip · White Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Lords-and-Ladies +7

CowslipPrimula veris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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