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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
🌿Foraging 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yarrow, White Bryony, Small Nettle +107 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yarrow, White Bryony, Small Nettle +107 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Small Nettle, Elder, Hogweed +14 more foraging species

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Rhyparochromus vulgaris +38 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Rhyparochromus vulgaris +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Marston Vale Timberland TrailWalking route21 km

A 13 mile / 21 km circular walk around the Forest of Marston Vale - https://www.marstonvale.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=8eb96757-1ae3-4db0-a66f-830ab1081402

Named routeLength 21 kmLocal walking route

John Bunyan TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km

Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route

Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km

Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route

Route 26Cycling route

Named routeRef 26Local cycle route

Route 21Cycling route

Named routeRef 21Local cycle route

Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23Local cycle route

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,519 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,519 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Starling · Blue Tit +66

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
TealAnas crecca2025
Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Midwife Toad

Midwife ToadAlytes obstetricans

🐝

Insects41 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +36

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Calodromius spilotusCalodromius spilotus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
SitonaSitona
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025

🌿

Plants110 species

winterautumn

2026

Yarrow · White Bryony · Small Nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly +105

YarrowAchillea millefolium
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Small NettleUrtica urens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
HollyIlex aquifolium
ElderSambucus nigra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
NipplewortLapsana communis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
AshFraxinus excelsior
White CloverTrifolium repens
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Garden CressLepidium sativum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
LavenderLavandula
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
ColumbineAquilegia
BoxBuxus sempervirens
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
YewTaxus baccata
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
CrocusCrocus
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
CyclamenCyclamen
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
PrimrosePrimula
Common VetchVicia sativa
IvyHedera helix
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
CleaversGalium aparine
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
DaisyBellis perennis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
HemlockConium maculatum
BuddlejaBuddleja
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
MistletoeViscum album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Sweet VioletViola odorata
DandelionTaraxacum
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Hungarian MulleinVerbascum speciosum2025
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
DewberryRubus caesius2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,519 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Starling · Blue Tit +66

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
TealAnas crecca2025
Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Midwife Toad

Midwife ToadAlytes obstetricans

🐝

Insects41 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +36

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Calodromius spilotusCalodromius spilotus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
SitonaSitona
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025

🌿

Plants110 species

winterautumn

2026

Yarrow · White Bryony · Small Nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly +105

YarrowAchillea millefolium
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Small NettleUrtica urens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
HollyIlex aquifolium
ElderSambucus nigra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
NipplewortLapsana communis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
AshFraxinus excelsior
White CloverTrifolium repens
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Garden CressLepidium sativum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
LavenderLavandula
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
ColumbineAquilegia
BoxBuxus sempervirens
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
YewTaxus baccata
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
CrocusCrocus
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
CyclamenCyclamen
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
PrimrosePrimula
Common VetchVicia sativa
IvyHedera helix
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
CleaversGalium aparine
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
DaisyBellis perennis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
HemlockConium maculatum
BuddlejaBuddleja
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
MistletoeViscum album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Sweet VioletViola odorata
DandelionTaraxacum
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
BulrushTypha latifolia2025
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Hungarian MulleinVerbascum speciosum2025
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
DewberryRubus caesius2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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