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🛝Family🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.44868, -0.10279
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Leo's Cafe & Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Leo's Cafe & Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Grey Squirrel, Bat +17 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Red Admiral +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rothschild WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pathfinder WayWalking route74 km▾
Circular walk taking in some of the WWII Bomber bases
Named routeLength 74 kmLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,674 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,674 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Swift · Swallow · House Martin +17
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Mole +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Large Skipper +10
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Bramble · Hedge Bindweed · Great Willowherb · Elder · Common Reed +36
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- DaisyBellis perennis2023
- OakQuercus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,674 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Swift · Swallow · House Martin +17
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Mole +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Large Skipper +10
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Bramble · Hedge Bindweed · Great Willowherb · Elder · Common Reed +36
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- DaisyBellis perennis2023
- OakQuercus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
BadgerMeles meles2024BadgerMeles meles2024PolecatMustela putorius2023PolecatMustela putorius20232023
2023
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Small WhitePieris rapae2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSpeckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023Goat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaGreater BurdockArctium lappaGreater BurdockArctium lappaMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023