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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.96130, 1.35624
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Terrace — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Cormorant
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Terrace — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Moorhen +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Cormorant, Moorhen +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +126 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Common Mallow, Common Nettle +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Essex Way (Ramsey to Harwich)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Felixstowe - WoodbridgeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Regional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part North SeaCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,329 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,329 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Cormorant · Coal Tit · Lesser Redpoll · Robin · Firecrest +29
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- MagpiePica pica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects29 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
🌿Plants25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Green Alkanet · Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · Common Mallow · Great Willowherb +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,329 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Cormorant · Coal Tit · Lesser Redpoll · Robin · Firecrest +29
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- MagpiePica pica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects29 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
🌿Plants25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Green Alkanet · Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · Common Mallow · Great Willowherb +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Syrphus2025
Syrphus2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Thricops diaphanusThricops diaphanus2025Thricops diaphanusThricops diaphanus2025Water Lily AphidRhopalosiphum nymphaeae2025Water Lily AphidRhopalosiphum nymphaeae2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Bee Orchid
Bee Orchid
Ophrys apifera
Ophrys apifera
BayLaurus nobilisBayLaurus nobilisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataThriftArmeria maritima2025ThriftArmeria maritima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025