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HAMERTON

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Placynthiella icmalea, Xanthoparmelia mougeotii, Kuettlingeria teicholyta +95 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Placynthiella icmalea, Xanthoparmelia mougeotii, Kuettlingeria teicholyta +95 more · last seen 2015

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Peacock, Small White, Meadow Brown +210 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Small White, Meadow Brown +210 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort, Blueish Veilwort +37 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort, Blueish Veilwort +37 more · last seen 2020

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route163 m

Named routeRef 12Length 163 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route378 m

Named routeRef 12Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9.3 km

Named routeRef 12Length 9.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route302 m

Named routeRef 12Length 302 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,480 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,480 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Chaffinch · Starling +37

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SwallowHirundo rustica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
PochardAythya ferina
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MerlinFalco columbarius
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MagpiePica pica2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Badger · Red Fox

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
BadgerMeles meles2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2021

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2020

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Lesser Stag Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Scarce Chaser · Silver-washed Fritillary +7

Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2022
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
PeacockAglais io2019

🌿

Plants38 species

spring

2025

Dilated Scalewort · Forked Veilwort · Variable-leaved Crestwort · Blueish Veilwort · Wall Scalewort +33

Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2020
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2020
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2020
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2020
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2020
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2020
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2020
Thread-leaved Water-crowfootRanunculus trichophyllus
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2020
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum2020
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2020
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2020
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2020
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2020
Short-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens incurvus2020
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2020
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2020
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2020
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2020
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2020
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2020
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2020
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2020
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2020
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2020
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2020
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum2020
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2020
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2020
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2020
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2020
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2020
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2020
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,480 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Chaffinch · Starling +37

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SwallowHirundo rustica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
PochardAythya ferina
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MerlinFalco columbarius
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WigeonMareca penelope2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MagpiePica pica2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Badger · Red Fox

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
BadgerMeles meles2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2021

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2020

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Lesser Stag Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Scarce Chaser · Silver-washed Fritillary +7

Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2022
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
PeacockAglais io2019

🌿

Plants38 species

spring

2025

Dilated Scalewort · Forked Veilwort · Variable-leaved Crestwort · Blueish Veilwort · Wall Scalewort +33

Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2020
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2020
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2020
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2020
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2020
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2020
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2020
Thread-leaved Water-crowfootRanunculus trichophyllus
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2020
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Atrichum undulatumAtrichum undulatum2020
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2020
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2020
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2020
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2020
Short-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens incurvus2020
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2020
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2020
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2020
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2020
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2020
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2020
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2020
Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2020
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2020
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2020
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2020
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum2020
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2020
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2020
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2020
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2020
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2020
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2020
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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