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Moated site at Old Moat Farm

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📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
✦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

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser, Emperor Dragonfly +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017; Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Clay WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

Ouse Valley Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Jubilee WalkWalking route10.5 km

Named routeLength 10.5 kmLocal walking route

Three Shires WayWalking route79 km

49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route

Named routeRef V10Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route

Named routeRef H6Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route

Named routeRef H4Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route Railway WalkCycling route

Named routeRef RWLocal cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V11Cycling route

Named routeRef V11Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Rook +77

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2016
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2016
LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
CootFulica atra2016
RavenCorvus corax2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Little OwlAthene noctua2017
Mute SwanCygnus olor2016
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2016
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2016
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2016
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2016
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2016
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2015
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
GadwallMareca strepera2016
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2016
TealAnas crecca2015
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2015
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2016
SiskinSpinus spinus2016
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2015
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2015

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummer

2020

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Long-eared Bat species · Water Vole

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2019
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2016

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Four-spotted Chaser · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker +29

Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2015
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2015
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
CarabusCarabus2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018
Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2017
Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia2015

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2017

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Rook +77

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2016
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2016
LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
CootFulica atra2016
RavenCorvus corax2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
Little OwlAthene noctua2017
Mute SwanCygnus olor2016
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2016
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2016
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2016
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2016
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2016
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2015
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
GadwallMareca strepera2016
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2016
TealAnas crecca2015
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2015
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2016
SiskinSpinus spinus2016
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2015
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2015

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummer

2020

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Long-eared Bat species · Water Vole

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2019
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2016

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Four-spotted Chaser · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker +29

Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2015
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2015
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
CarabusCarabus2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018
Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2017
Emperor MothSaturnia pavonia2015

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2017

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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