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📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🌿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

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🌿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

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Rusty-Back Fern, Laurustinus +27 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Rusty-Back Fern, Laurustinus +27 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Peacock, Red Admiral +29 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Red Admiral +29 more · last seen 2019

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Mushroom · last seen 2013; Fungi — Mushroom · last seen 2013

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

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

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Northamptonshire RoundWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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 route204 m

Named routeRef 6Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 6Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

2,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Skylark +82

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
RavenCorvus corax
NuthatchSitta europaea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
Common GullLarus canus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2019
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2019
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2019
SwiftApus apus2017
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2015
Barn OwlTyto alba2015
Greylag GooseAnser anser2014
CootFulica atra2014

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2019
BadgerMeles meles2019

🐝

Insects31 species

summer

2019

Small White · Peacock · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White +26

Small WhitePieris rapae
PeacockAglais io
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Large WhitePieris brassicae
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2017
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2017
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2017
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2017
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2017
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2017
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2017
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2017
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2017
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2017
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2014
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014

🌿

Plants73 species

spring

2024

Small Teasel · Nuttall's Waterweed · Rusty-Back Fern · Horse-chestnut · Broad-leaved Dock +68

Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus2022
Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2015
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common VetchVicia sativa
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
CleaversGalium aparine
AshFraxinus excelsior
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Red CampionSilene dioica
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
DandelionTaraxacum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
DaisyBellis perennis
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
ElmUlmus
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
White CloverTrifolium repens
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
IvyHedera helix
Curled DockRumex crispus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2023
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2021
LaurustinusViburnum tinus2018
ChicoryCichorium intybus2017
Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis2017
SanicleSanicula europaea2017
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2015
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2015
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum2015
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2015
Field MarigoldCalendula arvensis2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Skylark +82

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
RavenCorvus corax
NuthatchSitta europaea
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
Common GullLarus canus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2019
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2019
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2019
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2019
SwiftApus apus2017
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2015
Barn OwlTyto alba2015
Greylag GooseAnser anser2014
CootFulica atra2014

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2019
BadgerMeles meles2019

🐝

Insects31 species

summer

2019

Small White · Peacock · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White +26

Small WhitePieris rapae
PeacockAglais io
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Large WhitePieris brassicae
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2017
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2017
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2017
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2017
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2017
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2017
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2017
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2017
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2017
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2017
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2014
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014

🌿

Plants73 species

spring

2024

Small Teasel · Nuttall's Waterweed · Rusty-Back Fern · Horse-chestnut · Broad-leaved Dock +68

Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus2022
Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2015
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common VetchVicia sativa
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
BrambleRubus fruticosus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
CleaversGalium aparine
AshFraxinus excelsior
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Red CampionSilene dioica
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
DandelionTaraxacum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
DaisyBellis perennis
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
ElmUlmus
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
White CloverTrifolium repens
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
IvyHedera helix
Curled DockRumex crispus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2023
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2021
LaurustinusViburnum tinus2018
ChicoryCichorium intybus2017
Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis2017
SanicleSanicula europaea2017
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2015
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2015
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum2015
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2015
Field MarigoldCalendula arvensis2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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