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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Carrion Crow +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Carrion Crow +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bush Vetch, Greater Stitchwort, Garlic Mustard +102 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Bush Vetch, Greater Stitchwort, Garlic Mustard +102 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +58 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +58 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Ramsons, Beech +17 more foraging species

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 50

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Knightley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 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

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

🚴

Cycling

36 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 route77 m

Named routeRef 50Length 77 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route167 m

Named routeRef 50Length 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 50Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Green Woodpecker · Spotted Flycatcher +45

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RookCorvus frugilegus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SiskinSpinus spinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JayGarrulus glandarius
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
SwiftApus apus2023

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2024

Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Migrant Hawker · Field Grasshopper +1

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023

🌿

Plants88 species

spring

2025

Common Mouse-ear · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Greater Burnet-saxifrage · Chicory · Sanicle +83

Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major
ChicoryCichorium intybus
SanicleSanicula europaea
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
White Dead-nettleLamium album
WeldReseda luteola
ElderSambucus nigra
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
DandelionTaraxacum
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
IvyHedera helix
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElmUlmus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
CleaversGalium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common VetchVicia sativa
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Red CampionSilene dioica
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
AshFraxinus excelsior
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
HemlockConium maculatum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Water BentPolypogon viridis
PennyroyalMentha pulegium2024
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2024
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2023
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2023
RamsonsAllium ursinum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,320 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Green Woodpecker · Spotted Flycatcher +45

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RookCorvus frugilegus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SiskinSpinus spinus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JayGarrulus glandarius
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
SwiftApus apus2023

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2024

Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Migrant Hawker · Field Grasshopper +1

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023

🌿

Plants88 species

spring

2025

Common Mouse-ear · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Greater Burnet-saxifrage · Chicory · Sanicle +83

Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major
ChicoryCichorium intybus
SanicleSanicula europaea
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
White Dead-nettleLamium album
WeldReseda luteola
ElderSambucus nigra
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
DandelionTaraxacum
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
IvyHedera helix
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElmUlmus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
CleaversGalium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common VetchVicia sativa
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Red CampionSilene dioica
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
AshFraxinus excelsior
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
HemlockConium maculatum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Water BentPolypogon viridis
PennyroyalMentha pulegium2024
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2024
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2023
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2023
RamsonsAllium ursinum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Rob · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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