Granddad’s Camera

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Wildlife of a British town: gardens, park, canal and fields

Millbrook is the game’s home town, made up but typical of an English market town: back gardens with feeders, a park with a pond, a canal, a churchyard and farmland at the edge of town. It’s where most people meet most of their wildlife.

Best known for

Season by season

What’s worth looking for, quickest to see first, with the best time of day.

Spring March to May

Summer June to August

Autumn September to November

Winter December to February

Rare visitors

Not here most of the time. When one turns up it stays a day or two.

See also: the British wildlife calendar · all species · all five places