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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
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
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3,837 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,837 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus ribesii · Melanostoma mellinum · Marmalade Hoverfly · Chrysotoxum cautum · Sphaerophoria scripta +23
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
- Tiger Cranefly
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Musk-mallow · Polypodium vulgare · Fodder Burnet · Thick-leaved Stonecrop · Common Spotted-orchid +3
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
- Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum
- Thick-leaved StonecropSedum dasyphyllum
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,837 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus ribesii · Melanostoma mellinum · Marmalade Hoverfly · Chrysotoxum cautum · Sphaerophoria scripta +23
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
- Tiger Cranefly
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Musk-mallow · Polypodium vulgare · Fodder Burnet · Thick-leaved Stonecrop · Common Spotted-orchid +3
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
- Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum
- Thick-leaved StonecropSedum dasyphyllum
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nephrotoma flavescens
Nephrotoma flavescens
Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindricaStriped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindricaPipiza noctilucaPipiza noctilucaPipiza noctilucaPipiza noctilucaSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxCheilosia impressaCheilosia impressaCheilosia impressaCheilosia impressaPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalarePlatycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatusCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataSyrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennisSyrphus vitripennisParagus haemorrhousParagus haemorrhousParagus haemorrhousParagus haemorrhousEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaDock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024