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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.13994, -1.00468
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Linden Barn on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Linden Barn on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Pouting Woodlouse-fly, Common Darter +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Elder, Wild Teasel, Lesser Celandine +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 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
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The A43 towards Towcester Roundabout
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Wildlife to spot
16,969 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,969 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Elder · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Horse-chestnut +85
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,969 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Elder · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Horse-chestnut +85
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Groundsel
Groundsel
Senecio vulgaris2025
Senecio vulgaris2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2025Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2025Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025ElmUlmus2025ElmUlmus2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2025Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2025Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2025Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025