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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.03260, 0.13652
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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 Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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 Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Green-veined White +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Icknield Way Path; Named hiking route nearby: Icknield Way Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Kings Lanepublic footpath · 219 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 219 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 11Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route789 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 789 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route24 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Freewood Lanebridleway · 890 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 890 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Mill Mound, Mill Hill, Freewood Lane, Elmdon
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,311 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,311 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Goldcrest · Robin +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Lesser Stag Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Cantharis rustica · Aspidapion aeneum +7
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
- Aspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneum2023
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,311 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Goldcrest · Robin +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Lesser Stag Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Cantharis rustica · Aspidapion aeneum +7
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
- Aspidapion aeneumAspidapion aeneum2023
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2023Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2023Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2023Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2023Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2023Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Events & activities nearby
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