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St Andrew's Church

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Migrant Hawker +41 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Migrant Hawker +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

John Bunyan TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km

Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route

Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Chiltern Avenuepublic footpath · 97 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 97 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Chiltern Avenuepublic footpath · 308 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 308 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

76 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Beds)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16Local cycle route

Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17Local cycle route

Bedford Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef GWRound tripLocal cycle route

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

44,470 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

44,470 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CootFulica atra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Whitethroat (curruca)Curruca curruca curruca2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Noctule

NoctuleNyctalus noctula

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Midwife Toad · Common Toad

Midwife ToadAlytes obstetricans
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2026

Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae +39

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escaleraeDicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Macrolophus rubiMacrolophus rubi
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025
Campylomma verbasciCampylomma verbasci2025
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Phytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliae2025
Acantholyda hieroglyphicaAcantholyda hieroglyphica2025
Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025
Empicoris rubromaculatusEmpicoris rubromaculatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025

🌿

Plants13 species

summer

2026

Snowdrop · Groundsel · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Strawberry-tree · Wayfaring-tree +8

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo2025
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

44,470 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CootFulica atra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Whitethroat (curruca)Curruca curruca curruca2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Noctule

NoctuleNyctalus noctula

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Midwife Toad · Common Toad

Midwife ToadAlytes obstetricans
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2026

Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae +39

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escaleraeDicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Macrolophus rubiMacrolophus rubi
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025
Campylomma verbasciCampylomma verbasci2025
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Phytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliae2025
Acantholyda hieroglyphicaAcantholyda hieroglyphica2025
Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025
Empicoris rubromaculatusEmpicoris rubromaculatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025

🌿

Plants13 species

summer

2026

Snowdrop · Groundsel · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Strawberry-tree · Wayfaring-tree +8

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo2025
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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