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Getting here
52.49209, -0.64306
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Waxwing and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 145m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Waxwing and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 145m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Waxwing, Blackbird, Goldfinch +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Waxwing, Blackbird, Goldfinch +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Red Valerian, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
entrance to Weldon Woodland Park car park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,912 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,912 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
winterspring
2025▾
Lapwing · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron · Starling
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Four-spotted Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Emperor Dragonfly +8
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
🌿Plants124 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Bee Orchid · Blue Fleabane · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Reed · Wood Small-reed +119
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2025
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
- Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,912 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
winterspring
2025▾
Lapwing · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron · Starling
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Four-spotted Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Emperor Dragonfly +8
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
🌿Plants124 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Bee Orchid · Blue Fleabane · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Common Reed · Wood Small-reed +119
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2025
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
- Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio2025Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Ploughman's-spikenard
Ploughman's-spikenard
Inula conyzae2025
Inula conyzae2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024WeldReseda luteola2024WeldReseda luteola2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2024Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024PrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisGuelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2025Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025BerberisBerberis2025BerberisBerberis2025Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2025Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2025Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2025Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025LaurustinusViburnum tinus2025LaurustinusViburnum tinus2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2024Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2024Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Fiddle DockRumex pulcher2024Fiddle DockRumex pulcher2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2024Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Cotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalis2024Cotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalis2024Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2024Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2024Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2024Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2024Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2024Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Events & activities nearby
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