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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
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕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
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐕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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Rook, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Rook, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +246 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +246 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Bifid Crestwort, Dune Thread-moss +50 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Bluebell, Bifid Crestwort, Dune Thread-moss +50 more · last seen 2021

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm shop

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cross Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional 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

North Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

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Cycling

39 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

MK Redway Super Route H8Cycling route

Named routeRef H8Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V2Cycling route

Named routeRef V2Local cycle route

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route

Named routeRef H6Local cycle route

Main RouteCycling route42 m

Named routeRef 51Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds43 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Rook · Magpie +38

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red KiteMilvus milvus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
CootFulica atra2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020

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Insects25 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Common Blue Damselfly · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +20

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019

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Plants49 species

winter

2021

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Thickpoint Grimmia · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Hair-pointed Feather-moss · Wall Thread-moss +44

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Smallest PottiaMicrobryum davallianum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Wall Feather-mossRhynchostegium murale
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Upright PottiaMicrobryum rectum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Pea BryumBryum ruderale
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Common PottiaTortula truncata
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Rook · Magpie +38

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red KiteMilvus milvus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
CootFulica atra2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Common Blue Damselfly · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +20

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019

🌿

Plants49 species

winter

2021

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Thickpoint Grimmia · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Hair-pointed Feather-moss · Wall Thread-moss +44

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Smallest PottiaMicrobryum davallianum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Wall Feather-mossRhynchostegium murale
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Upright PottiaMicrobryum rectum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Pea BryumBryum ruderale
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Common PottiaTortula truncata
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum