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📷 Michael Trolove · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

8,724 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,724 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2025

Mute Swan · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow · Gadwall · Little Egret +52

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black SwanCygnus atratus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,724 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2025

Mute Swan · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow · Gadwall · Little Egret +52

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Stock DoveColumba oenas
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Black SwanCygnus atratus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Trolove · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Walled garden perimeter and Blatherwycke church

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✦DEENE PARKHistoric site4.5 km→🌱Kings Cliffe Village FieldUrban park3.5 km→✦Blatherwycke medieval village remainsHistoric site400 m→🌱Maltings Green Pocket ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱The Pytchell (Community Orchard & 'The Quiet Place')Urban park3.5 km→🌱Blatherwycke ArboretumUrban park100 m→

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