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Cranfield Church

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📷 Kenneth Allen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotToilets

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe +60 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe +60 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe +60 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe +60 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Riverside PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 94Cycling route177 km

Named routeRef 94Length 177 kmRound tripNational Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route726 m

Named routeRef 94Length 726 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route369 m

Named routeRef 94Length 369 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 94Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4.5 km

Named routeRef 94Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route553 m

Named routeRef 94Length 553 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,796 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,796 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds55 species

winter

2024

Mute Swan · Little Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron +50

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
PochardAythya ferina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
JackdawColoeus monedula
RavenCorvus corax
Great White EgretArdea alba
Cattle EgretArdea ibis
DunnockPrunella modularis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,796 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2024

Mute Swan · Little Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron +50

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
SnipeGallinago gallinago
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
WigeonMareca penelope
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CurlewNumenius arquata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
PochardAythya ferina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
JackdawColoeus monedula
RavenCorvus corax
Great White EgretArdea alba
Cattle EgretArdea ibis
DunnockPrunella modularis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Kenneth Allen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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