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Midsummer Meadow

📷 Burgess Von Thunen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕Cafe Racer — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕Cafe Racer — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· Paid

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Goldfinch +81 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Goldfinch +81 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Meliscaeva auricollis · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional 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

HW32public footpath · 21 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mPath type: footway

HW32public footpath · 2 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 2 mPath type: footway

Port Waypublic footpath · 1 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1 kmSurface gravelPath type: footway

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Cycling

166 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 536Cycling route

Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network

Brampton Valley WayCycling route

Named route

Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route

Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

NorbitalCycling route

Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route874 m

Named routeRef 539Length 874 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

35,267 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,267 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Canada Goose · Cormorant · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +61

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,267 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Canada Goose · Cormorant · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +61

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Burgess Von Thunen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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