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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.02823, -0.72799
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Dandelion, Common Chickweed
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 17 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
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Seven Parishes Millennium Circular WalkWalking route21.6 km▾
Named routeLength 21.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
188 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km▾
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route
(6)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named routeLocal cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H5Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Longslade TrailMountain bike route▾
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bridge 88bridleway · 38 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 m
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
13,652 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,652 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Wren · Blackbird +38
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Water Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
White Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Lords-and-Ladies · Dandelion +5
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,652 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Wren · Blackbird +38
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Water Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
White Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Cleavers · Lords-and-Ladies · Dandelion +5
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris