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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.34003, -0.96464
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Guelder-rose, Bulrush, Blackthorn +3 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Copper, Large White, Small White +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Copper, Large White, Small White +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Field Bindweed, Weld, Ground-ivy +31 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Field Bindweed, Weld, Ground-ivy +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 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
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route149 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route191 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
4,046 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,046 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCollared Dove · Blackbird · Dunnock · Robin · Rock Dove +19
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Black Clock +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
🌿Plants17 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Field Bindweed · Ground-ivy · Guelder-rose · Bulrush · Blackthorn +12
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Great Mullein
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,046 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCollared Dove · Blackbird · Dunnock · Robin · Rock Dove +19
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Black Clock +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
🌿Plants17 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Field Bindweed · Ground-ivy · Guelder-rose · Bulrush · Blackthorn +12
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Great Mullein
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Verbascum thapsus
Verbascum thapsus
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumLarge-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glaziovianaLarge-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glaziovianaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria verna