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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.22210, -0.26215
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 199m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 199m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Norfolk Aeshna, Field Grasshopper +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional 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
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Marston Roadpublic footpath · 222 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 222 mPath type: service
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route HDC 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 10Local cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route HDC 9iiiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiiLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
42,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,783 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Mallard · Starling · Woodpigeon · Swift +36
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Syrphus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eupeodes corollae
Germander Speedwell · Field Bindweed · Lesser Celandine · Himalayan Balsam · Common Couch +57
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Common CouchElymus repens2025
- Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,783 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Mallard · Starling · Woodpigeon · Swift +36
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Syrphus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eupeodes corollae
Germander Speedwell · Field Bindweed · Lesser Celandine · Himalayan Balsam · Common Couch +57
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Common CouchElymus repens2025
- Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatusTillus elongatusTillus elongatusCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaJet AntLasius fuliginosusJet AntLasius fuliginosusAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusFever FlyDilophus febrilisFever FlyDilophus febrilisBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
2025
Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum2025Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Sweet-flagAcorus calamus2025Sweet-flagAcorus calamus2025Great Yellow-cressRorippa amphibia2025Great Yellow-cressRorippa amphibia2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Events & activities nearby
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