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St George's Church

📷 Ian Rob · 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 226m 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 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Holly Blue +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Holly Blue +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Northamptonshire RoundWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

116 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 536Cycling route

Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network

Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route

Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

NorbitalCycling route

Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route874 m

Named routeRef 539Length 874 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

11,256 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,256 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

spring

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Red Kite · Pochard · Little Ringed Plover +57

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SwiftApus apus2023
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
PintailAnas acuta2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Circus aeruginosus aeruginosusCircus aeruginosus aeruginosus2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2022

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Large White · Small White · Holly Blue · Beautiful Demoiselle · Kidney-spot Ladybird +14

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022

🌿

Plants57 species

summerautumn

2025

Daisy · Narrow-leaved Pepperwort · Water Bent · Spotted Spurge · Hedge Woundwort +52

DaisyBellis perennis2024
Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale2024
Water BentPolypogon viridis2024
Spotted SpurgeEuphorbia maculata2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2024
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024
RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia2024
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2024
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024
Sweet GumLiquidambar styraciflua2024
MousetailMyosurus minimus2024
Foxglove-treePaulownia tomentosa2023
Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2023
DittanderLepidium latifolium2022
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2022
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2022
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2022
OsierSalix viminalis2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2022
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2022
White PoplarPopulus alba2022
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022
BroomCytisus scoparius2022
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022
Common CouchElymus repens2022
Sweet VioletViola odorata2022
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2022
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,256 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

spring

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Red Kite · Pochard · Little Ringed Plover +57

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SwiftApus apus2023
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
PintailAnas acuta2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Circus aeruginosus aeruginosusCircus aeruginosus aeruginosus2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2022

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Large White · Small White · Holly Blue · Beautiful Demoiselle · Kidney-spot Ladybird +14

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022

🌿

Plants57 species

summerautumn

2025

Daisy · Narrow-leaved Pepperwort · Water Bent · Spotted Spurge · Hedge Woundwort +52

DaisyBellis perennis2024
Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale2024
Water BentPolypogon viridis2024
Spotted SpurgeEuphorbia maculata2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2024
Sticky GroundselSenecio viscosus2024
RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia2024
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2024
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2024
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2024
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024
Sweet GumLiquidambar styraciflua2024
MousetailMyosurus minimus2024
Foxglove-treePaulownia tomentosa2023
Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2023
DittanderLepidium latifolium2022
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2022
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2022
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2022
OsierSalix viminalis2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2022
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2022
White PoplarPopulus alba2022
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022
BroomCytisus scoparius2022
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022
Common CouchElymus repens2022
Sweet VioletViola odorata2022
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2022
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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