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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.16603, 0.25997
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Bearded 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
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Bearded 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 — Little Ringed Plover, Bearded Tit, Hobby +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Bearded Tit, Hobby +39 more · last seen 2026; Lowland calcareous grassland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +49 more · last seen 2025; Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Traveller's-joy, Hawkweed Oxtongue, Yarrow +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fleam Dykepublic footpath · 3 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 kmPath type: footway
Fleam Dykepublic footpath · 1.9 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.9 kmPath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle 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
Photos
Fleam dyke, Mutlow Hill tumulus, Cambridgeshire. - panoramio
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Wildlife to spot
19,785 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,785 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Fieldfare · Chiffchaff · Bearded Tit +20
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Brown Hare · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta +1
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants65 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wild Privet · Creeping Thistle · Hawkweed Oxtongue · Juniper · Traveller's-joy +60
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- JuniperJuniperus communis
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,785 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Fieldfare · Chiffchaff · Bearded Tit +20
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Brown Hare · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta +1
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants65 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wild Privet · Creeping Thistle · Hawkweed Oxtongue · Juniper · Traveller's-joy +60
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- JuniperJuniperus communis
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wild Mignonette
Wild Mignonette
Reseda lutea
Reseda lutea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCarline ThistleCarlina vulgarisCarline ThistleCarlina vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbariaSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbariaCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCommon Rock-roseHelianthemum nummulariumCommon Rock-roseHelianthemum nummulariumCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaField PansyViola arvensisField PansyViola arvensisWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWild ThymeThymus druceiWild ThymeThymus druceiLesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minusLesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minusBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusPloughman's-spikenardInula conyzaePloughman's-spikenardInula conyzaeHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisWild BasilClinopodium vulgareWild BasilClinopodium vulgareCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioica