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'Fly Past' Monument

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.91613, -0.66684

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreeToilets

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Juniper Shieldbug +4 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Juniper Shieldbug +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Snowdrop · last seen 2026; Plants — Snowdrop · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cross Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Two Ridges LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km

Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route

National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

National Byway (Beds)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 6Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route111 m

Named routeRef 6Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

35,101 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,101 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds92 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit +87

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects67 species

springsummer

2026

Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly +62

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Pipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubris2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2025
Chaoborus pallidusChaoborus pallidus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Reptalus quinquecostatusReptalus quinquecostatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Golden-haired RobberflyChoerades marginatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025
Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
BibioBibio2025

🌿

Plants19 species

springsummer

2026

Elder · Snowdrop · Norway Maple · Procumbent Yellow-sorrel · Sweet Chestnut +14

ElderSambucus nigra2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,101 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds92 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit +87

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects67 species

springsummer

2026

Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly +62

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Pipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubris2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2025
Chaoborus pallidusChaoborus pallidus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Reptalus quinquecostatusReptalus quinquecostatus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025
Golden-haired RobberflyChoerades marginatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025
Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
BibioBibio2025

🌿

Plants19 species

springsummer

2026

Elder · Snowdrop · Norway Maple · Procumbent Yellow-sorrel · Sweet Chestnut +14

ElderSambucus nigra2025
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
HonestyLunaria annua2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking from Bridge Street into Leighton Road

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