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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome119 ha
Getting here
52.13313, -0.91827
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: EAST PAVILION AND ATTACHED QUADRANT COLONNADE
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +39 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Common Fleabane, Trailing Bellflower +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Towards Stoke Park Pavilions
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,194 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,194 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Skylark · Dunnock +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Helophilus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Face Fly
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- HelophilusHelophilus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
Creeping Cinquefoil · Hogweed · Greater Celandine · Green Alkanet · Bearded Couch +59
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Bearded CouchElymus caninus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Smooth Hawk's-beard
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,194 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Skylark · Dunnock +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Helophilus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Face Fly
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- HelophilusHelophilus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
Creeping Cinquefoil · Hogweed · Greater Celandine · Green Alkanet · Bearded Couch +59
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Bearded CouchElymus caninus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Smooth Hawk's-beard
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crepis capillaris
Crepis capillaris
HopHumulus lupulusHopHumulus lupulusGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumBoxBuxus sempervirensBoxBuxus sempervirensBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixGiant BlackberryRubus armeniacusGiant BlackberryRubus armeniacusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024Events & activities nearby
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