Broadleaved woodland near Milton 5 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Cambridge Getting here
52.23458, 0.16156
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
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 km 10 signed routes nearby · 3 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 Lode Dog-Walking Trail, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 3.2 km ▾
Flat grass paths which may be muddy at times, as well as paved village streets and close to open water. Dogs welcome, on a lead for village part of the route.
Named route Length 3.2 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Long Explorer's Route, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This route can be seasonally muddy and had a narrow bridge (width 80cm) that is not recommended for mobility scooters.
has some uneven ground and steep slopes. Most of the route has firm surfaces, but a small section is dirt track. Assistance dogs only.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cam Towpath public footpath · 2.2 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 2.2 km Surface fine_gravel Path type: path
Show on map 125 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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69,191 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 69,191 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greylag Goose Anser anser Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐝 Insects 6 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Nephus quadrimaculatus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +1
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Nephus quadrimaculatus Nephus quadrimaculatus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +55
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 69,191 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greylag Goose Anser anser Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐝 Insects 6 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Nephus quadrimaculatus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +1
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Nephus quadrimaculatus Nephus quadrimaculatus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +55
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
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
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii
Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
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 