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Teardrop Lakes

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Blue Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 158m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Blue Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 158m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Gatekeeper +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Gatekeeper +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 51

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 4 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

Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

North Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

188 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

(6)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route

Named routeLocal cycle route

MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route

Named routeRef V10Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route

Named routeRef H6Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route

Named routeRef H5Local cycle route

MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route

Named routeRef H4Local cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

9,351 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,351 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +56

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CootFulica atra
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects54 species

summerautumn

2025

Speckled Wood · Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Brimstone +49

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2026

Cherry Plum · Cowslip · Common Liverwort · Bee Orchid · Pyramidal Orchid +1

Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,351 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +56

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CootFulica atra
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects54 species

summerautumn

2025

Speckled Wood · Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Brimstone +49

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2026

Cherry Plum · Cowslip · Common Liverwort · Bee Orchid · Pyramidal Orchid +1

Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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