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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.08252, -0.88949
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Starling
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Starling
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Starling, Chaffinch +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Starling, Chaffinch +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
RV11public footpath · 275 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 275 mPath type: footway
Grafton Waypublic footpath · 295 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 295 mPath type: path
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H2Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route545 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 545 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route125 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route475 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 475 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Furtho Lanebridleway · 195 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 195 mPath type: residential
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4,129 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,129 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Starling · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · House Sparrow +46
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2023▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Otter · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper +9
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Chicory · Green Alkanet
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,129 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Starling · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · House Sparrow +46
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2023▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Otter · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper +9
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Chicory · Green Alkanet
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2021Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2021Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2021Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2021Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2021BumblebeeBombus2021BumblebeeBombus2021