Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.30283, -0.45999
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Blackbird, Blackcap +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Rook, Blackbird, Blackcap +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +77 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Forked Veilwort, Even Scalewort, Dilated Scalewort +297 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 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
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route HDC 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
sandye lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.8 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.8 kmSurface grassPath type: track
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,315 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit +40
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2022▾
American Mink · Hedgehog
- American MinkNeovison vison
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Meadow Plant Bug · Atractotomus mali · Clover Seed Weevil · Lagria hirta +53
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
- Atractotomus maliAtractotomus mali
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion assimile2023
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Common Nettle · Bee Orchid · Erophila verna · Wavy Bitter-cress · Wild Onion +14
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
- Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
- Wild OnionAllium vineale2023
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,315 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit +40
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2022▾
American Mink · Hedgehog
- American MinkNeovison vison
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Meadow Plant Bug · Atractotomus mali · Clover Seed Weevil · Lagria hirta +53
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
- Atractotomus maliAtractotomus mali
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion assimile2023
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Common Nettle · Bee Orchid · Erophila verna · Wavy Bitter-cress · Wild Onion +14
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
- Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
- Wild OnionAllium vineale2023
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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