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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.81590, -1.87530
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Skylark
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Skylark, Kestrel +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Skylark, Kestrel +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +45 more · last seen 2022
Free
Grade II* listed building: STOWELL PARK
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route92 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St. Leonard's Church (Boston)
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Wildlife to spot
2,433 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Skylark · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Pied Wagtail · Stonechat +42
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Common Blue · Meadow Brown +9
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Skylark · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Pied Wagtail · Stonechat +42
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Common Blue · Meadow Brown +9
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas