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Muchwood Burial Ground

📷 Andrew Tatlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Muchwood 121m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Muchwood 121m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Red-legged Partridge +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Red-legged Partridge +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Bumblebee +173 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Bumblebee +173 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Wild Teasel · last seen 2017; Plants — Wild Teasel · last seen 2017

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Cemetery — local history and memorials

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Rothschild WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,576 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,576 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springwinter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting · Skylark · Red-legged Partridge +29

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwiftApus apus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2026

Meadow Brown · Bumblebee · Green-veined White · Early Bumblebee · Common Darter +32

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
EristalisEristalis2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,576 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springwinter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting · Skylark · Red-legged Partridge +29

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwiftApus apus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2026

Meadow Brown · Bumblebee · Green-veined White · Early Bumblebee · Common Darter +32

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
EristalisEristalis2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Andrew Tatlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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