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Ipswich Road Paddock

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦117+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Black-tailed Godwit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Ipswich Road Car Park 17m away — 18 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦117+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Black-tailed Godwit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Ipswich Road Car Park 17m away — 18 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Shoveler +114 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Shoveler +114 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Firebug, Field Grasshopper, Ruddy Darter +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Firebug, Field Grasshopper, Ruddy Darter +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 150Cycling route

Named routeRef 150National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 150Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route378 m

Named routeRef 150Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route34 m

Named routeRef 150Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route2.8 km

Named routeRef 150Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route420 m

Named routeRef 150Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,199 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,199 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

summer

2026

Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Chiffchaff · Herring Gull +77

WigeonMareca penelope2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Siberian Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca blythi2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CootFulica atra2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

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Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Firebug · Field Grasshopper

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,199 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

summer

2026

Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Chiffchaff · Herring Gull +77

WigeonMareca penelope2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Siberian Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca blythi2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CootFulica atra2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Firebug · Field Grasshopper

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nigel Cox · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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