Earthworks of Abbot of Ramsey's Manor
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.53142, -0.40473
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Cormorant +84 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Cormorant +84 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Banded Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Wild Teasel, Lords-and-Ladies +71 more · last seen 2023
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route348 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 348 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route234 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 234 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 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
9,960 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,960 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🐝Insects1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Eristalis tenax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Traveller's-joy · Prickly Sow-thistle · Field Maple · Cleavers · Elm +67
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- CleaversGalium aparine
- ElmUlmus
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,960 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🐝Insects1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Eristalis tenax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Traveller's-joy · Prickly Sow-thistle · Field Maple · Cleavers · Elm +67
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- CleaversGalium aparine
- ElmUlmus
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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