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Places › England › South East › Milton Keynes Getting here
52.03368, -0.79367
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Macintyre Coffee Shop — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Macintyre Coffee Shop — a good base for a longer summer day out ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly +72 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Ramsons, Cowslip, Common Liverwort +11 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ramsons, Cowslip, Common Liverwort +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grafton Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Union Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map North Bucks Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Hanslope Circular Ride Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Millennium Circular Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map MK Redway Super Route V7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref V7 Local cycle route
Show on map MK Redway Super Route V6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref V6 Local cycle route
Show on map MK Redway Super Route V4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref V4 Local cycle route
Show on map MK Redway Super Route H10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref H10 Local cycle route
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
14,828 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,828 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Gull Larus canus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Brown Rat 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +14
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone
Ramsons Allium ursinum Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Balkan Anemone Anemone blanda Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,828 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Common Gull Larus canus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Brown Rat 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +14
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone
Ramsons Allium ursinum Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Balkan Anemone Anemone blanda Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
Field Grasshopper
Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus2025
Chorthippus brunneus2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latifasciatus2025
Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latifasciatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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