Rigery Spring - Grassland 9 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.86878, -0.02025
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Grassland — spring and summer wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Rigery Lane byway open to all traffic · 600 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 600 m Path type: no
Show on map Photos Colliers End: Rigery Lane Roman Road
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Wildlife to spot
1,349 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,349 records · National Biodiversity Network Green Woodpecker · Chiffchaff · Wren · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +33
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Magpie Pica pica2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Coot Fulica atra2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 Swallow Hirundo rustica2019 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2019 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2019 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2019 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2019 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2019 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2019 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Coal Tit Periparus ater2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2018 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2018 Linnet Linaria cannabina2018 Skylark Alauda arvensis2018 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Fallow Deer Dama dama Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Badger Meles meles2019 Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Marbled White · Holly Blue +27
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta False Oat-grass · Yarrow · Pyramidal Orchid · Dandelion · Field Wood-rush +14
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius Yarrow Achillea millefolium Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis2022 Dandelion Taraxacum Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Norway Maple Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,349 records · National Biodiversity Network Green Woodpecker · Chiffchaff · Wren · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +33
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Magpie Pica pica2019 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 Blackbird Turdus merula2019 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Coot Fulica atra2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 Swallow Hirundo rustica2019 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2019 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2019 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2019 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2019 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2019 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2019 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Coal Tit Periparus ater2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2018 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2018 Linnet Linaria cannabina2018 Skylark Alauda arvensis2018 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Fallow Deer Dama dama Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Badger Meles meles2019 Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Marbled White · Holly Blue +27
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta False Oat-grass · Yarrow · Pyramidal Orchid · Dandelion · Field Wood-rush +14
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius Yarrow Achillea millefolium Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis2022 Dandelion Taraxacum Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Norway Maple Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2018
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2018
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2019
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2019
Northern Winter Moth Operophtera fagata2018
Northern Winter Moth Operophtera fagata2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2018
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2018
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2018
Green-veined White Pieris napi2018
Green-veined White Pieris napi2018
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2018
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2018
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata2019
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2018
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2018
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2018
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2018
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album2018
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album2018 Acer platanoides
Acer platanoides
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2022
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2022
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea2022
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea2022
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2022
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2022
Betony Betonica officinalis2022
Betony Betonica officinalis2022
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2021
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2021
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2021
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2021 