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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.25685, -1.40816
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +101 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Fosse2
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way - Alternative routesWalking route▾
Named routeRef CW-A
The Harry Green Waypublic footpath · 1.4 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.4 kmSurface dirtPath type: footway
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route183 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 183 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,145 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,145 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · House Martin · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +16
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects67 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brimstone · Marbled White · Common Blue · Meadow Brown · 7-spot Ladybird +62
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Ribwort Plantain · Purple Toothwort
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Purple ToothwortLathraea clandestina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,145 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · House Martin · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +16
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects67 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brimstone · Marbled White · Common Blue · Meadow Brown · 7-spot Ladybird +62
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Ribwort Plantain · Purple Toothwort
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Purple ToothwortLathraea clandestina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2025Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Iassus lanioIassus lanio2024Iassus lanioIassus lanio202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024AlticaAltica2024AlticaAltica2024Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024PondskaterGerris2024PondskaterGerris2024St Marks FlyBibio marci2024St Marks FlyBibio marci2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024