Moated site at The Old Rectory, 150m north east of Malting Farm
1 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.08044, 0.99743
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nightingale and Barn Owl
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 248m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nightingale and Barn Owl
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 248m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Nightingale, Barn Owl, Hobby +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Nightingale, Barn Owl, Hobby +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Ringlet +34 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Field-speedwell, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Perennial Sow-thistle +108 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Suffolk Route BCycling route▾
Named routeRef BRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route ACycling route▾
Named routeRef ARegional cycle route
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Moated Site at The Old Rectory, Elmsett
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Wildlife to spot
8,473 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,473 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Nightingale · Streptopelia turtur turtur · Raven · Hobby · Little Ringed Plover +4
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Common Field-speedwell · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Greater Plantain · Perennial Sow-thistle · Groundsel +58
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
- Scarlet Pimpernel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,473 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Nightingale · Streptopelia turtur turtur · Raven · Hobby · Little Ringed Plover +4
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Common Field-speedwell · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Greater Plantain · Perennial Sow-thistle · Groundsel +58
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
- Scarlet Pimpernel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lysimachia arvensis2024
Lysimachia arvensis2024
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024CharlockSinapis arvensis2024Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2024Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2024Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024