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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome84 ha
Getting here
51.80977, -0.10038
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Hawfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Hawfinch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pochard, Hawfinch, Wigeon +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: GOLDINGS INCLUDING RETAINING WALLS AND STEPS TO FORECOURT AND TERRACE
Free
Birds — Pochard, Hawfinch, Wigeon +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +93 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Bistort, Stinking Hellebore, Red Bartsia +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
WGC100 Centenary WalkWalking route20.2 km▾
Created for Welwyn Garden City's 100th anniversary, a circular walk around the whole town
Named routeLength 20.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Beyond Hartham CommonWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Goldings Lanepublic footpath · 121 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 121 mPath type: residential
Vicarage Lanepublic footpath · 48 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 48 mPath type: unclassified
Molewood Roadpublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mPath type: residential
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route550 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 550 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route103 m▾
Named routeLength 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 61Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
High Molewoodbyway open to all traffic · 189 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 189 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
42,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Hawfinch · Shoveler · Wigeon · Wren +32
- PochardAythya ferina
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
🐝Insects47 species
springsummer
2026▾
Epistrophe eligans · Common Blue Damselfly · Pine Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly +42
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Bistort · Stinking Hellebore · Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle · Perennial Rye-grass +20
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Hawfinch · Shoveler · Wigeon · Wren +32
- PochardAythya ferina
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
🐝Insects47 species
springsummer
2026▾
Epistrophe eligans · Common Blue Damselfly · Pine Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly +42
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Bistort · Stinking Hellebore · Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle · Perennial Rye-grass +20
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025BibioBibio2025BibioBibio2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025DasysyrphusDasysyrphus2025DasysyrphusDasysyrphus2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2025Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2025Curculio venosusCurculio venosus2025Curculio venosusCurculio venosus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Oak Leaf-rollerAttelabus nitens2025Oak Leaf-rollerAttelabus nitens2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Corticeus fasciatusCorticeus fasciatus2025Corticeus fasciatusCorticeus fasciatus2025Nanna flavipesNanna flavipes2025Nanna flavipesNanna flavipes2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca2025Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Events & activities nearby
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