Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome77 ha
Getting here
51.86596, -0.68598
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: Mentmore Towers
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Physcia tenella, Lepraria incana s. lat., Arthonia radiata +146 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wild TrailWalking route3.3 km▾
Named routeLength 3.3 kmLocal walking route
Grand Union Canal (Aylesbury Arm) WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
N/ACycling route59 m▾
Named routeLength 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route33 m▾
Named routeLength 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route734 m▾
Named routeLength 734 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route24 m▾
Named routeLength 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route289 m▾
Named routeLength 289 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Jackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2020
Sycamore · Hawthorn · Blackthorn · Elder · Annual Meadow-grass +7
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Jackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2020
Sycamore · Hawthorn · Blackthorn · Elder · Annual Meadow-grass +7
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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