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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.36719, -0.46969
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Skylark
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 216m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Skylark
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 216m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Skylark, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Skylark, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Forked Veilwort, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Greater Water-moss +8 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,521 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,521 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Raven · Pheasant · Blackbird +38
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Indet. Deer · Red Fox · Rabbit +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2021▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Platycheirus manicatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle +18
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Alsike Clover · Scorpion Weed · Wild Teasel · Agrimony
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,521 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Raven · Pheasant · Blackbird +38
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Indet. Deer · Red Fox · Rabbit +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2021▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Platycheirus manicatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle +18
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Alsike Clover · Scorpion Weed · Wild Teasel · Agrimony
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata2021Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata2021Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2021Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2021Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusPseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Narrow-barred FusehornArge melanochra2022Narrow-barred FusehornArge melanochra2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2021Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2021Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2021Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2021Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2021Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2021