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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.23142, -1.15510
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Small White, Large White +52 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Beech, Wavy Hair-Grass, Bush Vetch +124 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 50
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knightley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route373 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route77 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 77 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route167 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,608 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,608 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Green Woodpecker +41
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Migrant Hawker · Field Grasshopper
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Groundsel · Creeping Buttercup · Curled Dock · Common Mouse-ear +87
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,608 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Green Woodpecker +41
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Migrant Hawker · Field Grasshopper
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Groundsel · Creeping Buttercup · Curled Dock · Common Mouse-ear +87
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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