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Roman timber bridge over Harper Brook

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📷 Dave Thompson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Little Egret
✦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

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Little Egret
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tufted Duck, Little Egret, Redwing +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Little Egret, Redwing +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meliscaeva auricollis, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meliscaeva auricollis, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +8 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km

Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

East Northamptonshire GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

55,894 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

55,894 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Mute Swan · Magpie · Greylag Goose · Redwing · Tufted Duck +54

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Great TitParus major2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

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Insects10 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

55,894 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Mute Swan · Magpie · Greylag Goose · Redwing · Tufted Duck +54

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Great TitParus major2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

🐝

Insects10 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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