Bury Hill Camp: a motte and bailey castle with three fishponds
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.21331, -0.46189
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Rook
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Rook
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Rook, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swallow, Rook, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Small Eggar, Large White +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Bee Orchid, Pyramidal Orchid +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Route HDC 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7Local cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,146 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,146 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Chaffinch · Great Tit +43
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- CootFulica atra2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
Rabbit · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2024▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +5
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Gatekeeper
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pyramidal Orchid · Greater Periwinkle · Greater Butterfly-orchid · Ophioglossum vulgatum · Bee Orchid +1
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2021
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2024
- Ophioglossum vulgatumOphioglossum vulgatum2023
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,146 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Chaffinch · Great Tit +43
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
- CootFulica atra2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
Rabbit · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2024▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +5
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Gatekeeper
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pyramidal Orchid · Greater Periwinkle · Greater Butterfly-orchid · Ophioglossum vulgatum · Bee Orchid +1
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2021
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2024
- Ophioglossum vulgatumOphioglossum vulgatum2023
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyronia tithonus2019
Pyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Common Spotted-orchid
Common Spotted-orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii2020
Dactylorhiza fuchsii2020
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