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The medieval village of Burston

13 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Wren, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Wren, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Round Aylesbury WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Aylesbury RingWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Thame Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal (Aylesbury Arm) WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

St Peter's GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Platinum WayCycling route

Named routeRef PlatinumLocal cycle route

National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Ruby WayCycling route

Named routeRef RubyLocal cycle route

Aqua WayCycling route

Named routeRef AquaLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,258 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,258 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springsummer

2025

Rook · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Lesser Whitethroat · Pied Wagtail +34

RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Great TitParus major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MagpiePica pica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2024

Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects31 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · 14-spot Ladybird +26

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Hawthorn Leaf BeetleLochmaea crataegi2025
Black LaggardApethymus serotinus2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2024
Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2023
Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,258 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springsummer

2025

Rook · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Lesser Whitethroat · Pied Wagtail +34

RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Great TitParus major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MagpiePica pica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2024

Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects31 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · 14-spot Ladybird +26

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Hawthorn Leaf BeetleLochmaea crataegi2025
Black LaggardApethymus serotinus2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2024
Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2023
Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lower Burston Farm entrance

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