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DULLINGHAM HOUSE

50 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.19674, 0.37973

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
✦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

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +75 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Mammals — Daubenton's Bat, Natterer's Bat, Brown Hare +16 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Painted Lady, Scarce Chaser, Brown Argus +33 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Pasqueflower, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Silver-moss +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Bitter Chocolate Rust, Puccinia adoxae, Puccinia obscura +6 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +51

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhitethroatCurruca communis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Barn OwlTyto alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024

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Mammals8 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox +3

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

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Plants3 species

spring

2025

Pasqueflower · Bee Orchid · Common Broomrape

PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,322 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +51

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhitethroatCurruca communis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Barn OwlTyto alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common GullLarus canus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox +3

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2025

Pasqueflower · Bee Orchid · Common Broomrape

PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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