Moated Sites, Earthworks, and Ponds at Kirtling Tower
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.18886, 0.46731
Open directionsv
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 Woodpigeon and Blue 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 Woodpigeon and Blue 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 — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Brown Hare, Natterer's Bat +18 more · last seen 2023; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: KIRTLING TOWER; Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Purple Emperor, Painted Lady, Meadow Brown +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Forked Veilwort, Dilated Scalewort, Variable-leaved Crestwort +33 more · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,099 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,099 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren +40
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Mycomya maura · 7-spot Ladybird
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Mycomya mauraMycomya maura2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,099 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren +40
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Mycomya maura · 7-spot Ladybird
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Mycomya mauraMycomya maura2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
