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Hilfield Castle

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
✦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

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
✦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

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Mallard +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Mallard +85 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak · last seen 2025; Plants — Pedunculate Oak · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

28 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shenley Route 5Walking route

Named routeRef 5Local walking route

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Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Jubilee Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef JLocal cycle route

LCN 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

42,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

42,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds92 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Red Kite · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit +87

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
BuzzardButeo buteo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SwiftApus apus
RedshankTringa totanus
RavenCorvus corax
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
CuckooCuculus canorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024

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Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects48 species

autumn

2025

22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata +43

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda
CaliroaCaliroa
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
St Marks FlyBibio marci

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Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Pedunculate Oak

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

42,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds92 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Red Kite · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit +87

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
BuzzardButeo buteo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago
SwiftApus apus
RedshankTringa totanus
RavenCorvus corax
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
CuckooCuculus canorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects48 species

autumn

2025

22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata +43

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus
Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi
Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata
Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda
CaliroaCaliroa
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi
Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius
Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum
Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae
Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri
Notostira elongataNotostira elongata
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis
Scirtes hemisphaericusScirtes hemisphaericus
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
St Marks FlyBibio marci

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Pedunculate Oak

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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