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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.30471, -1.08190
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Born & Bread — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Born & Bread — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +90 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route785 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.8 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,901 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,901 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Oak Bush-cricket
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🌿Plants121 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Prickly Sow-thistle · Common Couch · Cleavers · Annual Meadow-grass · Polygonum aviculare +116
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Common CouchElymus repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,901 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Oak Bush-cricket
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🌿Plants121 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Prickly Sow-thistle · Common Couch · Cleavers · Annual Meadow-grass · Polygonum aviculare +116
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Common CouchElymus repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Nettle
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreElmUlmusElmUlmusScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusFool's ParsleyAethusa cynapiumFool's ParsleyAethusa cynapiumThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumAdder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatumBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusSpotted MedickMedicago arabica2024Spotted MedickMedicago arabica2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasField PansyViola arvensisField PansyViola arvensisRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaDwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exiguaDwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exiguaHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraParsley PiertAphanes arvensisParsley PiertAphanes arvensisMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumBroad BeanVicia fabaBroad BeanVicia fabaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2024Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2024Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2024Winter-CressBarbarea2024Winter-CressBarbarea2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Garden StrawberryFragaria ananassa2024Garden StrawberryFragaria ananassa2024Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2024Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2024Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2024FlaxLinum usitatissimum2024FlaxLinum usitatissimum2024Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2024Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2024Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2024Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2024Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2024Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis2024Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2024MousetailMyosurus minimus2024MousetailMyosurus minimus2024Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum2024Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum2024Bird-in-a-bushCorydalis solida2024Bird-in-a-bushCorydalis solida2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2023Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2023Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2023Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023BeechFagus sylvatica2023BeechFagus sylvatica2023Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2023Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2023