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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Coot
🌿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

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Coot
🌿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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Coot, Gadwall +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Lapwing, Coot, Gadwall +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Minotaur Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Minotaur Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Springbeauty · last seen 2026; Plants — Springbeauty · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Nature TrailWalking route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmLocal walking route

Beowulf & Grendel TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lake TrailWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route

Lark Valley PathWalking route

Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

131,151 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

131,151 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Coot · Lapwing · Gadwall · Cormorant +72

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Muntjac · Otter · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Stoat

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
OtterLutra lutra
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
StoatMustela erminea

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Minotaur Beetle

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Springbeauty

SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

131,151 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Coot · Lapwing · Gadwall · Cormorant +72

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2025

Muntjac · Otter · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Stoat

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
OtterLutra lutra
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
StoatMustela erminea

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Minotaur Beetle

Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Springbeauty

SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stuart Shepherd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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