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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.89957, -1.01305
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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 — Wigeon, Shoveler, Moorhen +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Moorhen +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Syritta pipiens, Eupeodes corollae +107 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Blackedge Bonnet, Aniseed Funnel, Ugly Milkcap +2 more · last seen 2020
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brill Tramway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route993 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 993 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route694 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 694 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Interior of St Michael's church, Edgcott
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Wildlife to spot
9,688 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,688 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Moorhen +47
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- PintailAnas acuta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Common Darter · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Lagria hirta +6
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta
- Black-headed Cardinal Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,688 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Moorhen +47
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- PintailAnas acuta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Common Darter · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Lagria hirta +6
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta
- Black-headed Cardinal Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrochroa coccinea
Pyrochroa coccinea
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Richards' GreenbottleLucilia richardsi2023Richards' GreenbottleLucilia richardsi2023