Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.37058, -0.44828
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Hobby
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Hobby
- 🍄Mushroom 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Peregrine +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Peregrine +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Variospora flavescens, Caloplaca polycarpa, Chewing Gum Lichen +44 more · last seen 2011
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +91 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Bifid Crestwort, Hornschuch's Beard-moss +20 more · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Clack Lanebridleway · 1.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmPath type: track
Photos
Houses on Main Street, Bythorn
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,456 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,456 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Raven · Spotted Flycatcher · Rook +14
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Muntjac · Indet. Deer · Red Fox +2
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
- Common ToadBufo bufo2021
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects43 species
springsummer
2024▾
Platycheirus manicatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Painted Lady · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +38
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
- Vestal Cuckoo Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,456 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Raven · Spotted Flycatcher · Rook +14
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Hedgehog · Muntjac · Indet. Deer · Red Fox +2
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
- Common ToadBufo bufo2021
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects43 species
springsummer
2024▾
Platycheirus manicatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Painted Lady · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +38
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
- Vestal Cuckoo Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021
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Bombus vestalis2021
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