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Medieval Village of Ardwick

1 ha

📷 David Hawgood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.84895, -0.70465

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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

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Brimstone, Banded Demoiselle, Small Heath +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brimstone, Banded Demoiselle, Small Heath +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Round Aylesbury WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Two Ridges LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Aylesbury RingWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Tring Parish Walks: 1- Little TringWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmRound trip

TR 15public footpath · 279 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 279 mSurface grassPath type: footway

TR 14public footpath · 637 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 637 mSurface grassPath type: footway

TR 14public footpath · 22 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: steps

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Starling · Robin +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BuzzardButeo buteo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RavenCorvus corax
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WhitethroatCurruca communis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
SwiftApus apus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Chinese Water Deer · Muntjac +1

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2025

Brimstone · Banded Demoiselle · Small Heath · Azure Damselfly · Meadow Brown +8

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Starling · Robin +60

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BuzzardButeo buteo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RavenCorvus corax
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WhitethroatCurruca communis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
SwiftApus apus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Chinese Water Deer · Muntjac +1

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects13 species

spring

2025

Brimstone · Banded Demoiselle · Small Heath · Azure Damselfly · Meadow Brown +8

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Hawgood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Young apple trees at Alnwick Farm

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