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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
52.32290, -0.46537
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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 Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Brimstone +104 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Forked Veilwort, Dilated Scalewort, Sweet Violet +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
1 signed route nearby
Route HDC 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Water Tower near Three Shires Stone
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,800 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Rook · Great Tit · Dunnock · Chaffinch +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great TitParus major2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2019
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2019
7-spot Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · Rosemary Beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle · Green Shieldbug +30
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Common Nettle · Buckthorn · Yarrow · Groundsel · Dandelion +87
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2019
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019
- DandelionTaraxacum2019
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,800 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Rook · Great Tit · Dunnock · Chaffinch +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Great TitParus major2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2019
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2019
7-spot Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · Rosemary Beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle · Green Shieldbug +30
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Common Nettle · Buckthorn · Yarrow · Groundsel · Dandelion +87
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2019
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019
- DandelionTaraxacum2019
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
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LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2021Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2021Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Wild OnionAllium vineale2023Wild OnionAllium vineale2023Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2021Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2021Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyreticaFontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica2021Fontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyreticaFontinalis antipyretica subsp. antipyretica2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2021Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2021Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2021Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2021Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2021Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2021Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2021Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2021Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2021Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2021Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2021Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2021Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2021Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2021Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2021Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2021Common PottiaTortula truncata2021Common PottiaTortula truncata2021RedshankCeratodon purpureus2021RedshankCeratodon purpureus2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2021Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2021Silver-mossBryum argenteum2021Silver-mossBryum argenteum2021Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2021Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2021White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2021White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2021Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2021Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2021Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2021Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2021Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2021Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2021Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2021Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2021Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2021Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2021Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2021Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2021Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2021Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2021Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping 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