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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

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral +85 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Sweet Violet, Branched Bur-reed, Trifolium incarnatum +9 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Violet, Branched Bur-reed, Trifolium incarnatum +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Knightley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird · Rook +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BuzzardButeo buteo
DunnockPrunella modularis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwiftApus apus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
GoosanderMergus merganser2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
Common GullLarus canus2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2023

Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog +2

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2019
BatChiroptera2019
BadgerMeles meles2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2022

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2020

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2025

Gudgeon · Pike · Minnow

GudgeonGobio gobio
PikeEsox lucius
MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus

🐝

Insects77 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +72

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Rhyzobius forestieriRhyzobius forestieri2025
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022
Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus2022
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2022
Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2021
Limonia phragmitidisLimonia phragmitidis2021
Tipula fascipennisTipula fascipennis2021
Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2021
Erioptera divisaErioptera divisa2021
Nephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifaria2021
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2022
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2022
Green GemMicrochrysa flavicornis2022
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2022
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Syrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennis2022
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022
Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressa2022
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022
Hydromya dorsalisHydromya dorsalis2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2022
Empis lividaEmpis livida2022
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2020
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2020
Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2020
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2020
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2020
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2020
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2020
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019

🌿

Plants151 species

spring

2025

Annual Meadow-grass · Red Dead-nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Hairy Bitter-cress · Cat's-ear +146

Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
IvyHedera helix
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
DandelionTaraxacum
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Common VetchVicia sativa
White CloverTrifolium repens
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
DaisyBellis perennis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Sweet VioletViola odorata2023
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Field MapleAcer campestre
Garden Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum x odoratum = P. x hybridum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Black BryonyTamus communis
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Curled DockRumex crispus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Winter-CressBarbarea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Field PansyViola arvensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CampionSilene dioica
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
NipplewortLapsana communis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
ElmUlmus
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
White CampionSilene latifolia
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
HemlockConium maculatum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
CleaversGalium aparine
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
WeldReseda luteola
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Common ChickweedStellaria media
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
BulrushTypha latifolia
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HazelCorylus avellana
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2023
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2020
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird · Rook +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BuzzardButeo buteo
DunnockPrunella modularis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwiftApus apus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
GoosanderMergus merganser2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
Common GullLarus canus2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2023

Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog +2

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2019
BatChiroptera2019
BadgerMeles meles2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2022

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2020

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2025

Gudgeon · Pike · Minnow

GudgeonGobio gobio
PikeEsox lucius
MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus

🐝

Insects77 species

summer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +72

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Rhyzobius forestieriRhyzobius forestieri2025
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022
Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus2022
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2022
Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2021
Limonia phragmitidisLimonia phragmitidis2021
Tipula fascipennisTipula fascipennis2021
Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2021
Erioptera divisaErioptera divisa2021
Nephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifaria2021
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2022
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2022
Green GemMicrochrysa flavicornis2022
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2022
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Syrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennis2022
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022
Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressa2022
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2022
Hydromya dorsalisHydromya dorsalis2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2022
Empis lividaEmpis livida2022
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2020
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2020
Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2020
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2020
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2020
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2020
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2020
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019

🌿

Plants151 species

spring

2025

Annual Meadow-grass · Red Dead-nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Hairy Bitter-cress · Cat's-ear +146

Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
IvyHedera helix
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
DandelionTaraxacum
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Common VetchVicia sativa
White CloverTrifolium repens
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
AshFraxinus excelsior
DaisyBellis perennis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Sweet VioletViola odorata2023
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Field MapleAcer campestre
Garden Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum x odoratum = P. x hybridum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Black BryonyTamus communis
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Curled DockRumex crispus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Winter-CressBarbarea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Field PansyViola arvensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CampionSilene dioica
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
NipplewortLapsana communis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
ElmUlmus
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
White CampionSilene latifolia
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
HemlockConium maculatum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
CleaversGalium aparine
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
WeldReseda luteola
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Common ChickweedStellaria media
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
BulrushTypha latifolia
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HazelCorylus avellana
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2023
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2020
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Nigel Cox · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grand Union Canal: Heyford Wharf (former Heyford Iron Works)

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