Dame's Orchard - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.13137, -0.27883
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clopton WayWalking route17.7 km▾
This walk offers great views from the top an escarpment and passes through the now deserted medieval village of Clopton
Named routeLength 17.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Kingfisher WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km▾
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
Biggleswade Green WheelWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km▾
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
159,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
159,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Minotaur Beetle · Parasyrphus punctulatus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Syrphus torvus +6
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Cardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
159,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Minotaur Beetle · Parasyrphus punctulatus · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Melangyna lasiophthalma · Syrphus torvus +6
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Cardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Scymnus suturalis
Scymnus suturalis
Scymnus suturalis
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