Weldon Woodland Park
29 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
52.49256, -0.64247
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m 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 — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
5,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Starling · Robin · Tufted Duck · Pied Wagtail · Great Tit +43
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Fallow Deer
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
Bee Orchid · Blue Fleabane · Ploughman's-spikenard · Primrose · Guelder-rose +21
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2025
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Starling · Robin · Tufted Duck · Pied Wagtail · Great Tit +43
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Fallow Deer
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
Bee Orchid · Blue Fleabane · Ploughman's-spikenard · Primrose · Guelder-rose +21
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2025
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
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 splendens20252025
2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2025Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025Musk-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 tinus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Events & activities nearby
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