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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.22572, 0.50416
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Greenfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Greenfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Greenfinch, Blackcap +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Greenfinch, Blackcap +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +31 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Dark Mullein, Large Garden, Horse-chestnut +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route426 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 426 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route595 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 595 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,109 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,109 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Blackcap · Blue Tit · Robin · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +13
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Continental Song ThrushTurdus philomelos philomelos2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral +16
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Horse-chestnut · Yew · Common Nettle · Ground-ivy · Stinking Iris +3
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- YewTaxus baccata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,109 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Blackcap · Blue Tit · Robin · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +13
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Continental Song ThrushTurdus philomelos philomelos2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral +16
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Horse-chestnut · Yew · Common Nettle · Ground-ivy · Stinking Iris +3
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- YewTaxus baccata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2023Chinese PokeweedPhytolacca polyandra2023Chinese PokeweedPhytolacca polyandra2023