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51.76150, -0.45155

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Lycaena dispar batavus, 7-spot Ladybird, Tortoise Bug +72 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Lycaena dispar batavus, 7-spot Ladybird, Tortoise Bug +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Trailing Bellflower, Mind-your-own-business, Greater Tussock-sedge +18 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Trailing Bellflower, Mind-your-own-business, Greater Tussock-sedge +18 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Dandelion, Common Chickweed, Red Dead-nettle

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Red WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blue WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ver Valley Walk 3Walking route

The Winterbourne Walk

Named routeRef Ver3Local walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Chilterns CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route30 m

Named routeRef 57Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route758 m

Named routeRef 57Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +61

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwiftApus apus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Little OwlAthene noctua
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022

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Mammals9 species

summerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Mole · Feral Cat +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
MoleTalpa europaea
Feral CatFelis catus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022

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Amphibians2 species

springautumn

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects75 species

summerautumn

2026

Lycaena dispar batavus · 7-spot Ladybird · Tortoise Bug · Bishop's Mitre · Green Shieldbug +70

Lycaena dispar batavusLycaena dispar batavus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculata
Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2024
Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2024
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2023
Phania funestaPhania funesta2023
Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2023
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2023
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2022
Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2022
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2022
Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox2022

🌿

Plants21 species

winter

2024

Trailing Bellflower · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Tussock-sedge · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue +16

Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
DaisyBellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
DandelionTaraxacum
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
RoseRosa2022
LavenderLavandula2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +61

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwiftApus apus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Little OwlAthene noctua
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022

🦌

Mammals9 species

summerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Mole · Feral Cat +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
MoleTalpa europaea
Feral CatFelis catus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springautumn

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects75 species

summerautumn

2026

Lycaena dispar batavus · 7-spot Ladybird · Tortoise Bug · Bishop's Mitre · Green Shieldbug +70

Lycaena dispar batavusLycaena dispar batavus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculata
Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2024
Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2024
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2023
Phania funestaPhania funesta2023
Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2023
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2023
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2022
Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2022
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2022
Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2022
Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox2022

🌿

Plants21 species

winter

2024

Trailing Bellflower · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Tussock-sedge · Hart's-Tongue · Wall-rue +16

Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
DaisyBellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
DandelionTaraxacum
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
RoseRosa2022
LavenderLavandula2022

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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