Moated site at Battles Manor
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.92784, 0.14408
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Skylark
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Skylark
- ✦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 — Tawny Owl, Skylark, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Rabbit, Grey Squirrel, Brown Hare +11 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +24 more · last seen 2021; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Field Maple, Elder, Bramble +51 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Waterside StortfordWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,256 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,256 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Treecreeper · Chaffinch +30
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Pipistrelle Bat species +2
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2018
- BadgerMeles meles2018
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Box Tree Moth · Clouded Yellow · Common Blue · Small White · Rosemary Beetle +12
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
- Clouded YellowColias croceus2018
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Small Copper
Bramble · Field Maple · Hawthorn · Ash · Traveller's-joy +10
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,256 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Treecreeper · Chaffinch +30
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Pipistrelle Bat species +2
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2018
- BadgerMeles meles2018
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Box Tree Moth · Clouded Yellow · Common Blue · Small White · Rosemary Beetle +12
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
- Clouded YellowColias croceus2018
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
- Small WhitePieris rapae2018
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Small Copper
Bramble · Field Maple · Hawthorn · Ash · Traveller's-joy +10
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2018
Vulpes vulpes2018
Lycaena phlaeas2018
Lycaena phlaeas2018
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018Brown ArgusAricia agestis20187-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20207-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaEvents & activities nearby
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