Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.27867, -1.02284
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🌿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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🌿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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +26 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, White Campion, Sainfoin +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional 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
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
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Green Meadow, Great Brington
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Wildlife to spot
5,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2026▾
Barn Owl · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Coal Tit +43
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CootFulica atra2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Muntjac
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Field Grasshopper
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Ground-ivy · White Campion · Bluebell · Velvetleaf · Thorn-apple +66
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti2024
- Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2024
- Cat-mintNepeta cataria2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2026▾
Barn Owl · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Coal Tit +43
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CootFulica atra2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Muntjac
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Field Grasshopper
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Ground-ivy · White Campion · Bluebell · Velvetleaf · Thorn-apple +66
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti2024
- Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2024
- Cat-mintNepeta cataria2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas