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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.36316, -0.36055
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Spotted Flycatcher and Yellowhammer
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Spotted Flycatcher and Yellowhammer
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Yellowhammer, Goldfinch +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: THE CASTLE
Free
Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Yellowhammer, Goldfinch +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Alder Tongue, Rinodina bischoffii, Diplotomma alboatrum +61 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Peacock +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
3 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 route9.3 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 9.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Gatehouse at Leighton Bromswold
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Yellowhammer · Stock Dove · Barn Owl
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Red Fox · Otter · Brown Hare +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Painted Lady · Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Peacock +37
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Japanese Knotweed · Butterfly-bush · Good King Henry · Spear Thistle · Wild Onion +3
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2020
- Good King HenryBlitum bonus-henricus2020
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020
- Wild OnionAllium vineale2020
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Yellowhammer · Stock Dove · Barn Owl
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Red Fox · Otter · Brown Hare +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Painted Lady · Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Peacock +37
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Japanese Knotweed · Butterfly-bush · Good King Henry · Spear Thistle · Wild Onion +3
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2020
- Good King HenryBlitum bonus-henricus2020
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020
- Wild OnionAllium vineale2020
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
2019
2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Small EggarEriogaster lanestris2019Small EggarEriogaster lanestris2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2019Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2019Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2022Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusCantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2022Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2022Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2021Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2021Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2020Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2020Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2020Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2020Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019Clouded YellowColias croceus2019Clouded YellowColias croceus2019Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2019Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica20192020
2020
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2020Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2020Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2020Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2020Events & activities nearby
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