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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 130 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Cambridge Getting here
52.20643, 0.15595
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 🅿️ Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach 🌤️ 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 🅿️ Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Black-headed Gull +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Perennial Rye-grass, Cock's-foot +27 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Perennial Rye-grass, Cock's-foot +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Bramble +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 44 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 Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Horningsea and Clayhithe River Walk Walking route 7.2 km ▾
Named route Length 7.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 147 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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Wildlife to spot
80,362 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 80,362 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Great Tit +19
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Badger Meles meles Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Green Shieldbug · Water Scorpion · Scathophaga stercoraria · Silver Fish · Dark-edged Bee-fly
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Caper Spurge · Coltsfoot · Primrose +2
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Caper Spurge Euphorbia lathyris Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Primrose Primula vulgaris Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 80,362 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Great Tit +19
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Badger Meles meles Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Green Shieldbug · Water Scorpion · Scathophaga stercoraria · Silver Fish · Dark-edged Bee-fly
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Caper Spurge · Coltsfoot · Primrose +2
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Caper Spurge Euphorbia lathyris Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Primrose Primula vulgaris Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Yew
Yew
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata
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