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Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.79959, -0.13192
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Small White +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sowbread, Wood Anemone, Red Dead-nettle +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sowbread, Wood Anemone, Red Dead-nettle +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map WGC100 Centenary Walk Walking route 20.2 km ▾
Created for Welwyn Garden City's 100th anniversary, a circular walk around the whole town
Named route Length 20.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Beyond Hartham Common Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Broxbourne Woods NNR Trail Walking route 17.5 km ▾
Named route Length 17.5 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 550 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 550 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 68 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 68 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 16 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 16 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 75 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 75 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos The Orangery, Panshanger Park
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19,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,566 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Long-tailed Tit · Little Grebe +44
Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Teal Anas crecca Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug +12
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Rhyparochromus vulgaris 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle · Alder
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Alder Alnus glutinosa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,566 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Long-tailed Tit · Little Grebe +44
Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Teal Anas crecca Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug +12
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Rhyparochromus vulgaris 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle · Alder
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Alder Alnus glutinosa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Pterocallis alni Pterocallis alni2025
Pterocallis alni Pterocallis alni2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025 