St Edmund's Fen - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.30336, 0.32266
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rothschild WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Soham Millennium Walk (Blue Route)Walking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route
Soham Millennium Walk (Red Route)Walking route1.8 km▾
Named routeLength 1.8 kmLocal walking route
Soham Millennium Walk (Green Route)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmLocal walking route
First Drovepublic footpath · 366 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 366 mPath type: bridleway
First Drovepublic footpath · 855 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 855 mPath type: track
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Wicken Soham CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
41,369 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,369 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +45
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cleavers · Common Reed · Coltsfoot · Bulrush · Common Nettle +4
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,369 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +45
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cleavers · Common Reed · Coltsfoot · Bulrush · Common Nettle +4
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
