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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
52.53600, -0.27081
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 222m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 222m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, Harmonia axyridis form succinea +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Gunwade TrailWalking route▾
Wildflower TrailWalking route▾
Ham Mere TrailWalking route▾
Bluebell TrailWalking route▾
189 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dodds CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route
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Hampton Vale: Serpentine Lake
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,510 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,510 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RavenCorvus corax
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pipistrelle Bat species · Wood Mouse
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Oxystoma pomonae · Common Blue Damselfly +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Phryganeidae
Cleavers · Bristly Oxtongue · Wild Teasel · Holly · Norway Spruce +67
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- IvyHedera helix
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,510 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RavenCorvus corax
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pipistrelle Bat species · Wood Mouse
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Oxystoma pomonae · Common Blue Damselfly +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Phryganeidae
Cleavers · Bristly Oxtongue · Wild Teasel · Holly · Norway Spruce +67
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- IvyHedera helix
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phryganeidae2025
Phryganeidae2025
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