Elmsett Airfield Monument
Plan your visit
✦Heritage🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.08058, 0.97958
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌿65+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Hoary Willowherb and Black-grass among those found
- ✦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
- 🌿65+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Hoary Willowherb and Black-grass among those found
- ✦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
Historic site with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hoary Willowherb, Black-grass, Sharp-leaved Fluellen +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Nightingale, Streptopelia turtur turtur, Raven +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Birds — Nightingale, Streptopelia turtur turtur, Raven +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Suffolk Route BCycling route▾
Named routeRef BRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route ACycling route▾
Named routeRef ARegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,718 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,718 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Nightingale · Streptopelia turtur turtur · Raven · Hobby · Little Ringed Plover +4
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hoary Willowherb · Black-grass · Sharp-leaved Fluellen · Knotgrass · Common Field-speedwell +60
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
- Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
- Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
- Bristly Oxtongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,718 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Nightingale · Streptopelia turtur turtur · Raven · Hobby · Little Ringed Plover +4
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hoary Willowherb · Black-grass · Sharp-leaved Fluellen · Knotgrass · Common Field-speedwell +60
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
- Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
- Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
- Bristly Oxtongue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helminthotheca echioides2024
Helminthotheca echioides2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2024Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2024Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiGlory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2024Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Events & activities nearby
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