Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
51.77160, -0.46219
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blue WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ver Valley Walk 2Walking route▾
The Upper Ver Valley
Named routeRef Ver2Local walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route758 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Hemel Hempstead: Piccotts End Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,186 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin +27
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White · 7-spot Ladybird +33
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Coltsfoot · Daisy · Annual Meadow-grass · Shepherd's-purse · Common Chickweed +2
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin +27
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White · 7-spot Ladybird +33
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Coltsfoot · Daisy · Annual Meadow-grass · Shepherd's-purse · Common Chickweed +2
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2025Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataPhaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculataMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2024Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas20242024
2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Events & activities nearby
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