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Westwick Field

4 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +73 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lavender, Sand-hill Screw-moss, Sand Feather-moss +27 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Lavender, Sand-hill Screw-moss, Sand Feather-moss +27 more · last seen 2022

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Ver Valley Walk 5Walking route

The Three Burys Walk

Named routeRef Ver5Local walking route

Red WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blue WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 61Cycling route34 km

Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.

Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Chilterns CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

11,208 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,208 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +53

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Great TitParus major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
RedpollAcanthis flammea2022
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Common GullLarus canus2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
PigeonColumba2019

🦌

Mammals11 species

summerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
BadgerMeles meles2020
Feral CatFelis catus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020

🐝

Insects76 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral +71

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
Oak ProcessionaryThaumetopoea processionea2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis
Athysanus argentariusAthysanus argentarius
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans
EupeodesEupeodes
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Alosterna tabacicolorAlosterna tabacicolor2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2022
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2021
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2021
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2021
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2020
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2020
Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2020
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019

🌿

Plants30 species

winter

2022

Lavender · Sand Feather-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Soft-tufted Beard-moss · Clustered Feather-moss +25

LavenderLavandula
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2019
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2019
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2019
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2019
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2019
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2019
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2019
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2019
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2019
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2019
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2019
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2019
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2019
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2019
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2019
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2019
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2019
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2019
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2019
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2019
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2019
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2019
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2019
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2019
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,208 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +53

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Great TitParus major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
RedpollAcanthis flammea2022
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Common GullLarus canus2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
PigeonColumba2019

🦌

Mammals11 species

summerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
BadgerMeles meles2020
Feral CatFelis catus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020

🐝

Insects76 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral +71

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
Oak ProcessionaryThaumetopoea processionea2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis
Athysanus argentariusAthysanus argentarius
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans
EupeodesEupeodes
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Alosterna tabacicolorAlosterna tabacicolor2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2022
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2021
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2021
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2021
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2020
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2020
Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2020
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019

🌿

Plants30 species

winter

2022

Lavender · Sand Feather-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Soft-tufted Beard-moss · Clustered Feather-moss +25

LavenderLavandula
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2019
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2019
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2019
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2019
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2019
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2019
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2019
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2019
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2019
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2019
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2019
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2019
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2019
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2019
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2019
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2019
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2019
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2019
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2019
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2019
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2019
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2019
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2019
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2019
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2019
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jack Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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