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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Yellowhammer
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Yellowhammer
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Capillary Thread-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, White-tipped Bristle-moss +32 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Capillary Thread-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, White-tipped Bristle-moss +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Verdigris Roundhead · last seen 2012; Fungi — Verdigris Roundhead · last seen 2012

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Wildlife to spot

4,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants110 species

summer

2025

Blackthorn · Broad-leaved Dock · False Oat-grass · Field Pansy · Hawthorn +105

BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Field PansyViola arvensis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
ElmUlmus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
ElderSambucus nigra
AshFraxinus excelsior
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Field MapleAcer campestre
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Common CouchElymus repens
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
IvyHedera helix
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
DandelionTaraxacum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Fat-henChenopodium album
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HollyIlex aquifolium
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
TimothyPhleum pratense
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
GorseUlex europaeus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Common VetchVicia sativa
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants110 species

summer

2025

Blackthorn · Broad-leaved Dock · False Oat-grass · Field Pansy · Hawthorn +105

BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Field PansyViola arvensis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
ElmUlmus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
ElderSambucus nigra
AshFraxinus excelsior
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Field MapleAcer campestre
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Common CouchElymus repens
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
NipplewortLapsana communis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
IvyHedera helix
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
DandelionTaraxacum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Fat-henChenopodium album
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Rosa caninaRosa canina
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
HollyIlex aquifolium
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
TimothyPhleum pratense
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
GorseUlex europaeus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Common VetchVicia sativa
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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