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📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 132m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 132m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +91 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +91 more · last seen 2026

Playgrounds

Strong match

Free

playground

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

playground; Urban park — family destination

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Wasp Beetle, Helophilus pendulus +10 more · last seen 2025

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Rothschild WayWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km▾

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Pathfinder WayWalking route74 km▾

Circular walk taking in some of the WWII Bomber bases

Named routeLength 74 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

33,163 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

33,163 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds94 species

spring

2026

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Teal · Gadwall

+89 more species

All 94 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors2023

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Mammals7 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Bat

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
BatChiroptera2024
Common Shrew

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Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

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Insects13 species

springsummer

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Wasp Beetle · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus ribesii · Rhingia campestris

+8 more species

All 13 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,163 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds94 species

spring

2026

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Teal · Gadwall

+89 more species

All 94 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors2023

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Mammals7 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Bat

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
BatChiroptera2024
Common Shrew

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Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

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Insects13 species

springsummer

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Wasp Beetle · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus ribesii · Rhingia campestris

+8 more species

All 13 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Green at Colne

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Photos

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Green at Colne

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Facilities

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Playground

132m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Weather for this location

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🐄The Raptor FoundationVisitor farm3.6 km→🦉SOMERSHAMNature reserve2.1 km→🌱Somersham Pocket ParkUrban park2.9 km→🌱Pidley ParkUrban park4.7 km→🌱The GreenUrban park0 m→🌱The GreenUrban park0 m→