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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Grey Heron
⚽Playing fields 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

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Grey Heron
⚽Playing fields 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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Tipula pagana, Trichocera annulata, Opomyza florum +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Tipula pagana, Trichocera annulata, Opomyza florum +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Playing field

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Northamptonshire RoundWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NorbitalCycling route

Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network

Brampton Valley WayCycling route

Named route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route149 m

Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route839 m

Named routeRef 539Length 839 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

100,260 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

100,260 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds95 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck +90

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TealAnas crecca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects26 species

autumn

2026

Tipula pagana · Opomyza florum · Trichocera annulata · Sylvicola fuscatus · Minotaur Beetle +21

Tipula paganaTipula pagana2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2025
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Pseudolycoriella semialataPseudolycoriella semialata2025
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
Trichocera majorTrichocera major2025
Suillia bicolorSuillia bicolor2025
Plea minutissimaPlea minutissima2025
Hesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaei2025
Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides2025
MolophilusMolophilus2025
Pseudolyciella stylataPseudolyciella stylata2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Hylemya variataHylemya variata2025
Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2025
Tipula obsoletaTipula obsoleta2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

100,260 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds95 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck +90

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TealAnas crecca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects26 species

autumn

2026

Tipula pagana · Opomyza florum · Trichocera annulata · Sylvicola fuscatus · Minotaur Beetle +21

Tipula paganaTipula pagana2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2025
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Pseudolycoriella semialataPseudolycoriella semialata2025
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
Trichocera majorTrichocera major2025
Suillia bicolorSuillia bicolor2025
Plea minutissimaPlea minutissima2025
Hesperocorixa linnaeiHesperocorixa linnaei2025
Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025
Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides2025
MolophilusMolophilus2025
Pseudolyciella stylataPseudolyciella stylata2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Hylemya variataHylemya variata2025
Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2025
Tipula obsoletaTipula obsoleta2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Kokai · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cricket Ground with Gazebo.

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