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Moor Farm bowl barrow

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Skylark, Wren, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Wren, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Large White +111 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Large White +111 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Bee Orchid, Lady's Bedstraw +61 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Bee Orchid, Lady's Bedstraw +61 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Freckenham Circular WalkWalking route

Named route

Soham Millennium Walk (Blue Route)Walking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route

Soham Millennium Walk (Red Route)Walking route1.8 km

Named routeLength 1.8 kmLocal walking route

Soham Millennium Walk (Green Route)Walking route7 km

Named routeLength 7 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wicken Soham CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route726 m

Named routeLength 726 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,980 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,980 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

spring

2025

Yellowhammer · Skylark · Pheasant · Robin · Blue Tit +60

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WhitethroatCurruca communis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024

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Mammals4 species

springautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Brown Hare

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects11 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird · Hypera ononidis · Nut Weevil · Hairy Spider Weevil +6

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Hypera ononidisHypera ononidis
Nut WeevilCurculio nucum
Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus
Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,980 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

spring

2025

Yellowhammer · Skylark · Pheasant · Robin · Blue Tit +60

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WhitethroatCurruca communis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Brown Hare

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects11 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird · Hypera ononidis · Nut Weevil · Hairy Spider Weevil +6

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Hypera ononidisHypera ononidis
Nut WeevilCurculio nucum
Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus
Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field margin at Moor Farm

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🌱Isleham Recreation GroundUrban park2.2 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→🌱East Fen CommonUrban park1.9 km→✦Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's ChurchHistoric site2.3 km→⛪Fordham Congregational ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→⛪St Peter and St Mary Magdalene ChurchReligious grounds2.9 km→

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