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Oundle Golf Club

✦ Ancient woodland31 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Jackdaw
🍄Mushroom 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

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Jackdaw
🍄Mushroom 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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Great Tit +77 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Great Tit +77 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Amandinea punctata, Myriolecis dispersa, Physcia adscendens +13 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Amandinea punctata, Myriolecis dispersa, Physcia adscendens +13 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Columbine, Yellow-rattle, Bluebell +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +73 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +73 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km

Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route1.1 km

Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route63 m

Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,198 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,198 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants115 species

autumn

2025

Scentless Mayweed · Chenopodium album · Nipplewort · Blackthorn · Bristly Oxtongue +110

Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album
NipplewortLapsana communis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
AshFraxinus excelsior
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
CleaversGalium aparine
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Common CouchElymus repens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
ElderSambucus nigra
Common OracheAtriplex patula
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DandelionTaraxacum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Garden RadishRaphanus sativus
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
White WillowSalix alba
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BulrushTypha latifolia
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
HemlockConium maculatum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
DaisyBellis perennis
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Curled DockRumex crispus
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common VetchVicia sativa
Turkey OakQuercus cerris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Small-flowered ButtercupRanunculus parviflorus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Black BryonyTamus communis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,198 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants115 species

autumn

2025

Scentless Mayweed · Chenopodium album · Nipplewort · Blackthorn · Bristly Oxtongue +110

Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Chenopodium albumChenopodium album
NipplewortLapsana communis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
AshFraxinus excelsior
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
CleaversGalium aparine
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Common CouchElymus repens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
ElderSambucus nigra
Common OracheAtriplex patula
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DandelionTaraxacum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Garden RadishRaphanus sativus
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
White WillowSalix alba
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BulrushTypha latifolia
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
Leyland CypressCupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
HemlockConium maculatum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
DaisyBellis perennis
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Curled DockRumex crispus
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common VetchVicia sativa
Turkey OakQuercus cerris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Small-flowered ButtercupRanunculus parviflorus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Field MapleAcer campestre
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Black BryonyTamus communis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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