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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.85593, 0.07652
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Willow Emerald Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰 Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Parks and Beyond Green Route Walking route 4.2 km ▾
Named route Length 4.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Parks and Beyond Orange Route Walking route 5.1 km ▾
Named route Length 5.1 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map 7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cox Lane bridleway · 1.1 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1.1 km Surface ground Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Footbridge over the River Ash
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Wildlife to spot
9,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,437 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +42
Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone House Martin Delichon urbicum Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rook Corvus frugilegus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Skylark Alauda arvensis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Stock Dove Columba oenas Linnet Linaria cannabina Siskin Spinus spinus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix House Sparrow Passer domesticus Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +7
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Red-eyed Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,437 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +42
Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone House Martin Delichon urbicum Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Rook Corvus frugilegus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Skylark Alauda arvensis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Stock Dove Columba oenas Linnet Linaria cannabina Siskin Spinus spinus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix House Sparrow Passer domesticus Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +7
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Red-eyed Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma najas
Erythromma najas
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 