 The Putteridge estate is a mixture of arable farmland and woodland; as well as the occasional visiting muntjac and fallow deer, the estate is home to Lady Amherst's pheasant ("Chrysolophus amherstiae") as well as the more common pheasant.The land use in the parish is a mixture of arable, and woodland with some minor seasonal grazing for beef cattle and sheep.To the east of the village all the round to the south east forms part of the King's Walden estate.