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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Dock Bug +147 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Dock Bug +147 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Red WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blue WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 61Cycling route34 km

Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.

Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route758 m

Named routeRef 57Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

16,857 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,857 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

summerwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Little Egret · Robin · Dunnock +27

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects61 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · Dock Bug · 14-spot Ladybird +56

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Athysanus argentariusAthysanus argentarius2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2025
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025
Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummer

2025

Toothwort · Wych Elm · Enchanter's-nightshade

ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,857 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

summerwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Little Egret · Robin · Dunnock +27

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
CootFulica atra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2025

Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects61 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · Dock Bug · 14-spot Ladybird +56

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Athysanus argentariusAthysanus argentarius2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2025
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025
Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024

🌿

Plants3 species

springsummer

2025

Toothwort · Wych Elm · Enchanter's-nightshade

ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ralph · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Nash Mills Sappi Graphic 2006

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