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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.34146, -0.34079
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ⛪Churchyard walks is at its best in summer here
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Rook +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Rook +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Church Lanepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: residential
Thrapston Roadpublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mPath type: service
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route HDC 7 (alt route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7 (alt route)Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route169 m▾
Named routeLength 169 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route336 m▾
Named routeLength 336 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,734 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,734 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Redwing +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,734 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Redwing +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusSmall SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2024White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024