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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome272 ha
Getting here
51.84965, -0.08812
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Swift
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Swift
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Swift, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Kestrel, Swift, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: WOODHALL PARK (HEATH MOUNT SCHOOL)
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +120 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Bluebell, Primrose +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 49 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
STOOP Link Path 4 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 6 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
Circular Walk "Town to Country No 2"Walking route▾
The Avenuepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: service
Southend Drivepublic footpath · 763 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 763 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Southend Drivepublic footpath · 150 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 150 mPath type: service
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route78 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route96 m▾
Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route808 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 808 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route164 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Sacombe Parkbridleway · 182 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 182 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Sacombe Parkbridleway · 406 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 406 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Sacombe Parkbridleway · 676 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 676 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Photos
Watton-at-Stone: The Cuts in Woodhall Park (1)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,002 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,002 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Swift +42
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Polecat
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Cantharis rustica +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
🌿Plants22 species
springautumn
2025▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Thale Cress · Greater Periwinkle · Himalayan Balsam · Blackthorn +17
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
- Great Mullein
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,002 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Swift +42
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Polecat
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Cantharis rustica +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
🌿Plants22 species
springautumn
2025▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Thale Cress · Greater Periwinkle · Himalayan Balsam · Blackthorn +17
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
- Great Mullein
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa2023Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa2023Verbascum thapsus2023
Verbascum thapsus2023
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2023Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2023Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2023GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023Field-roseRosa arvensis2023Field-roseRosa arvensis2023Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloidesEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides2023Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloidesEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides2023PignutConopodium majus2023PignutConopodium majus2023Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Events & activities nearby
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