Quainton medieval standing cross
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.87493, -0.91692
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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 Little Egret and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕George & Dragon — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Egret and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕George & Dragon — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Egret, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Little Egret, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +60 more · last seen 2024
Free
Grade II* listed building: MARKET CROSS; Historic site
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Lesser Celandine · last seen 2020
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brill Tramway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
St Peter's GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Quainton - cross and windmill
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,108 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,108 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +25
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
- BumblebeeBombus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,108 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +25
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
- BumblebeeBombus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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