The Wrens - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.28299, 0.12624
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
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Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Rothschild WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Horningsea and Clayhithe River WalkWalking route7.2 km▾
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
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NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route101 m▾
Named routeLength 101 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route510 m▾
Named routeLength 510 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
45,144 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
45,144 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspring
2025▾
Goldfinch · Blackbird · Starling · Blue Tit · Great Tit +45
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Roe Deer · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2026▾
14-spot Ladybird · Hypera nigrirostris · Trixagus dermestoides · Bradycellus verbasci · Oak Bark Beetle +22
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
- Trixagus dermestoidesTrixagus dermestoides2025
- Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025
- Oak Bark BeetleScolytus intricatus2025
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Dandelion · Red Dead-nettle · Yorkshire-fog · Common Chickweed · Hollyhock +1
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HollyhockAlcea rosea2025
- Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,144 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspring
2025▾
Goldfinch · Blackbird · Starling · Blue Tit · Great Tit +45
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Roe Deer · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2026▾
14-spot Ladybird · Hypera nigrirostris · Trixagus dermestoides · Bradycellus verbasci · Oak Bark Beetle +22
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
- Trixagus dermestoidesTrixagus dermestoides2025
- Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025
- Oak Bark BeetleScolytus intricatus2025
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Dandelion · Red Dead-nettle · Yorkshire-fog · Common Chickweed · Hollyhock +1
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HollyhockAlcea rosea2025
- Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
BadgerMeles meles2025BadgerMeles meles2025Amara apricariaAmara apricaria2025Amara apricariaAmara apricaria2025Ophonus rufibarbisOphonus rufibarbis2025Ophonus rufibarbisOphonus rufibarbis2025Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus2025Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2025Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2025Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus2025Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus2025Ophonus puncticepsOphonus puncticeps2025Ophonus puncticepsOphonus puncticeps2025Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus2025Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus2025Ernobius mollisErnobius mollis2025Ernobius mollisErnobius mollis2025Lesser Grain BorerRhyzopertha dominica2025Lesser Grain BorerRhyzopertha dominica2025Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Limonius poneliLimonius poneli2025Limonius poneliLimonius poneli2025Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2025Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2025Dasytes plumbeusDasytes plumbeus2025Dasytes plumbeusDasytes plumbeus2025Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki2025Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2025Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2025Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2025Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Events & activities nearby
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