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Old Customs House

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📷 David Hallam-Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕The Chalkboard — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕The Chalkboard — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Wavy Bitter-cress, Springbeauty, Holly +11 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wavy Bitter-cress, Springbeauty, Holly +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Meliscaeva auricollis, 14-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Meliscaeva auricollis, 14-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Gunwade TrailWalking route

Named route

Wildflower TrailWalking route

Named route

Ham Mere TrailWalking route

Named route

Bluebell TrailWalking route

Named route

Henry Penn Walkpublic footpath · 433 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 433 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

🚴

Cycling

189 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Dodds CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

127,646 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

127,646 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Chinese Water Deer +1

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects17 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Liocoris tripustulatus +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae
ScathophagaScathophaga
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
SyrphusSyrphus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
EupeodesEupeodes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

🌿

Plants15 species

spring

2026

Wavy Bitter-cress · Springbeauty · Holly · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Sweet Violet +10

Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common ChickweedStellaria media
CleaversGalium aparine
DaisyBellis perennis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

127,646 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Chinese Water Deer +1

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects17 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Liocoris tripustulatus +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae
ScathophagaScathophaga
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
SyrphusSyrphus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
EupeodesEupeodes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

🌿

Plants15 species

spring

2026

Wavy Bitter-cress · Springbeauty · Holly · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Sweet Violet +10

Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
HollyIlex aquifolium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common ChickweedStellaria media
CleaversGalium aparine
DaisyBellis perennis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Hallam-Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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