Manor Farm moated enclosure, fishponds and fowling earthworks
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.21384, -0.38140
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Moorhen
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Moorhen
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Moorhen, Wigeon +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Moorhen, Wigeon +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +17 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
School Lanepublic footpath · 325 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 325 mPath type: unclassified
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route HDC 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route412 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 412 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 303 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 303 mPath type: bridleway
Shelford Lanebridleway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmPath type: bridleway
Chapel Lanebyway open to all traffic · 82 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 82 mPath type: residential
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,261 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,261 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hawfinch · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Wigeon · Shoveler +33
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Large White +7
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lady's Bedstraw · Pyramidal Orchid · Salsify
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,261 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hawfinch · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Wigeon · Shoveler +33
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Large White +7
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lady's Bedstraw · Pyramidal Orchid · Salsify
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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