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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › East Midlands › West Northamptonshire Getting here
52.27293, -0.90584
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Starling +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Starling +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Teasel, Rosebay Willowherb, Horse-chestnut +38 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wild Teasel, Rosebay Willowherb, Horse-chestnut +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes luniger, Large Red Damselfly +57 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes luniger, Large Red Damselfly +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Nene Way Walking route 177 km ▾
Named route Length 177 km Regional walking route
Show on map Midshires Way Walking route 370 km ▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named route Length 370 km Regional walking route
Show on map Northamptonshire Round Walking route ▾
135 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 536 National Cycle Network
Show on map Brampton Valley Way Cycling route ▾
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Connect2 Local cycle route
Show on map Pitsford Water Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Norbital Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 539 Round trip National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,211 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,211 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Magpie · Goldfinch +29
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Cymatia coleoptrata · Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis · Plea minutissima · 7-spot Ladybird
Cymatia coleoptrata Cymatia coleoptrata Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Plea minutissima Plea minutissima 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Broad-leaved Dock · Butterbur · Wild Teasel · Ribwort Plantain · Apple +7
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Butterbur Petasites hybridus Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025 Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 Apple Malus domestica2025 Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,211 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Magpie · Goldfinch +29
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Cymatia coleoptrata · Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis · Plea minutissima · 7-spot Ladybird
Cymatia coleoptrata Cymatia coleoptrata Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Plea minutissima Plea minutissima 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Broad-leaved Dock · Butterbur · Wild Teasel · Ribwort Plantain · Apple +7
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Butterbur Petasites hybridus Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2025 Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 Apple Malus domestica2025 Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2025
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum subsp. aquilinum2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis2025
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis2025
False Virginia-creeper Parthenocissus inserta2025
False Virginia-creeper Parthenocissus inserta2025 