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🦅 Birds🎠 Play🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Cambridge Getting here
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Bean Theory — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Bean Theory — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Beyond Anglesey Abbey Walk, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 7.4 km ▾
Flat route along grass paths. Dogs welcome.
Named route Length 7.4 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Horningsea and Clayhithe River Walk Walking route 7.2 km ▾
Named route Length 7.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cam Towpath public footpath · 4 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 4 m Surface asphalt Path type: path
Show on map Cam Towpath public footpath · 137 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 137 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map Cam Towpath public footpath · 105 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 105 m Surface fine_gravel Path type: cycleway
Show on map 134 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
Show on map SE Cambridge Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge secondary cycle network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Coton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge signed cycle routes network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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About this nature reserve Bramblefields is a 2-hectare Local Nature Reserve located in Cambridge, Eastern England. This small area consists of wildflower meadows and hedgerows, attracting a range of pollinators and offering a peaceful space for short walks.
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Wildlife to spot
110,131 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 110,131 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +16
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Scorpion · Nephus quadrimaculatus · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +2
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Nephus quadrimaculatus Nephus quadrimaculatus 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria 7-spot Ladybird Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +51
Cleavers Galium aparine Yarrow Achillea millefolium Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 110,131 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +16
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Scorpion · Nephus quadrimaculatus · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +2
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Nephus quadrimaculatus Nephus quadrimaculatus 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria 7-spot Ladybird Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +51
Cleavers Galium aparine Yarrow Achillea millefolium Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Bramble Rubus
Bramble Rubus
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Valerianella Valerianella
Valerianella Valerianella
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Maple Acer campestre
Common Couch Elymus repens
Common Couch Elymus repens
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Viola odorata var. odorata Viola odorata var. odorata
Viola odorata var. odorata Viola odorata var. odorata
Milk Thistle Silybum marianum
Milk Thistle Silybum marianum
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Oregon Grape Mahonia
Oregon Grape Mahonia
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Buddleja Buddleja
Buddleja Buddleja
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius