Iron Age and Roman settlement including a saltern on Hall Meadow
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.68856, -0.28006
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Clare Country routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route124 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 124 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Fenland dike crossing Hall Meadow
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Wildlife to spot
5,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Greylag Goose · Woodpigeon +38
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PintailAnas acuta
Muntjac
Ribwort Plantain · Common Reed · Great Willowherb · Red Dead-nettle · Bittersweet +41
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Greylag Goose · Woodpigeon +38
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PintailAnas acuta
Muntjac
Ribwort Plantain · Common Reed · Great Willowherb · Red Dead-nettle · Bittersweet +41
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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