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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
52.21022, 0.12976
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Grafton West 325m away — 7 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Grafton West 325m away — 7 car parks within reach
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +35 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +35 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Pea-leaf Weevil, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +26 more · last seen 2026
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Lesser Celandine, Primrose +31 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 11
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 69 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers)Walking route3.7 km▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named routeLength 3.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
North Terracepublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Christ's Lanepublic footpath · 108 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 108 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
Cutter Ferry Pathpublic footpath · 181 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 181 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Grafton West · Paid · 325m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
101,115 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
101,115 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Moorhen
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac · Badger · Wood Mouse
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Pea-leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Otiorhynchus crataegi
+24 more speciesHide species list
All 29 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
101,115 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Moorhen
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac · Badger · Wood Mouse
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Hedgehog
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Pea-leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Otiorhynchus crataegi
+24 more speciesHide species list
All 29 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erinaceus europaeus
Erinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolusRoe DeerCapreolus capreolusYellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollisYellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaNephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatusPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusFace FlyMusca autumnalisFace FlyMusca autumnalisAnthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinusTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctusSylvicola cinctusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusCaper Spurge
Caper Spurge
Euphorbia lathyris
Euphorbia lathyris
Bee OrchidOphrys apiferaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSmall TeaselDipsacus pilosusSmall TeaselDipsacus pilosusLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraSiberian SquillScilla sibericaSiberian SquillScilla sibericaSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusCherryPrunusCherryPrunusHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataEvents & activities nearby
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