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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Bittern
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 101m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Bittern
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 101m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Peregrine, Bittern, Hobby +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Peregrine, Bittern, Hobby +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Small Nettle, Lords-and-Ladies, Holly +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Small Nettle, Lords-and-Ladies, Holly +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 5 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

Jubilee WalkWalking route10.5 km

Named routeLength 10.5 kmLocal walking route

John Bunyan TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km

Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route

North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km

Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

50 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 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local 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

Wildlife to spot

17,561 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,561 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2025

Peregrine · Hobby · Jackdaw · Starling · Woodpigeon +52

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
RookCorvus frugilegus
RavenCorvus corax
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CootFulica atra
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Midwife Toad

Midwife ToadAlytes obstetricans

🐝

Insects9 species

spring

2026

Bishop's Mitre · 7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Dark-edged Bee-fly +4

Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025

🌿

Plants25 species

winter

2026

Small Nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Green Alkanet · Lavender +20

Small NettleUrtica urens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
LavenderLavandula
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
ColumbineAquilegia
BoxBuxus sempervirens
ElderSambucus nigra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
NipplewortLapsana communis
Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Common ChickweedStellaria media
BorageBorago officinalis2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,561 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

summerautumn

2025

Peregrine · Hobby · Jackdaw · Starling · Woodpigeon +52

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
RookCorvus frugilegus
RavenCorvus corax
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CootFulica atra
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Midwife Toad

Midwife ToadAlytes obstetricans

🐝

Insects9 species

spring

2026

Bishop's Mitre · 7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Dark-edged Bee-fly +4

Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025

🌿

Plants25 species

winter

2026

Small Nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Green Alkanet · Lavender +20

Small NettleUrtica urens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
LavenderLavandula
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
ColumbineAquilegia
BoxBuxus sempervirens
ElderSambucus nigra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
NipplewortLapsana communis
Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Common ChickweedStellaria media
BorageBorago officinalis2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Purvis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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