Mill Park (Long Buckby Nature Reserve)
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.30588, -1.08867
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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 — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +75 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Garden Grape-hyacinth, Few-flowered Garlic, Fox-and-cubs +123 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route373 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route785 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route167 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route12 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 12 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,529 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,529 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Oak Bush-cricket
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🌿Plants115 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Prickly Sow-thistle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Couch · Cleavers · Ash +110
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common CouchElymus repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Polygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,529 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Oak Bush-cricket
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🌿Plants115 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Prickly Sow-thistle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Couch · Cleavers · Ash +110
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common CouchElymus repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Polygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare
NipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusFool's ParsleyAethusa cynapiumFool's ParsleyAethusa cynapiumSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataElmUlmusElmUlmusScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumSpotted MedickMedicago arabica2024Spotted MedickMedicago arabica2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasField PansyViola arvensisField PansyViola arvensisRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaDwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exiguaDwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exiguaHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraParsley PiertAphanes arvensisParsley PiertAphanes arvensisMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaBroad BeanVicia fabaBroad BeanVicia fabaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisWinter-CressBarbarea2024Winter-CressBarbarea2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2024Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2024Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2024Garden StrawberryFragaria ananassa2024Garden StrawberryFragaria ananassa2024Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2024Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2024Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2024FlaxLinum usitatissimum2024FlaxLinum usitatissimum2024Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2024Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2024Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis2024Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis2024Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2024Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2024Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2024Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2024Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2024