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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome107 ha
Getting here
51.76091, -0.49225
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose
- ☀️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
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose
- ☀️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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Moorhen +48 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Moorhen +48 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Coltsfoot, Trailing Bellflower +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 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
Ver Valley Walk 3Walking route▾
The Winterbourne Walk
Named routeRef Ver3Local walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ashridge Estate Family Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Spring Fields, Warners End
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51,916 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
51,916 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumn
2026▾
Moorhen · Mallard · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +36
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Newt
Glow-worm · 7-spot Ladybird · Tortoise Bug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meadow Grasshopper +15
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Willow Emerald Damselfly
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,916 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumn
2026▾
Moorhen · Mallard · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +36
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Newt
Glow-worm · 7-spot Ladybird · Tortoise Bug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meadow Grasshopper +15
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Willow Emerald Damselfly
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chalcolestes viridis
Chalcolestes viridis
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatus