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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.12431, -0.99746
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 272m away — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 272m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Darter, Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Grafton Way; Named hiking route nearby: Grafton Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knightley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Grafton Waybridleway · 5 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mPath type: path
Grafton Waybridleway · 129 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 129 mPath type: path
Grafton Waybridleway · 49 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 49 mPath type: path
Grafton Waybridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: bridleway
Photos
Bench by the path towards Towcester
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Wildlife to spot
15,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common Darter · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Elder · Red Dead-nettle · Gorse · Hawthorn · Blackthorn +4
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common Darter · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Elder · Red Dead-nettle · Gorse · Hawthorn · Blackthorn +4
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate Oak
Quercus robur2025
Quercus robur2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025