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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
✦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

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
✦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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +85 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Mystacides longicornis, Eupeodes luniger +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Mystacides longicornis, Eupeodes luniger +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Round-fruited Rush, Pyramidal Orchid · last seen 2025; Plants — Round-fruited Rush, Pyramidal Orchid · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rothschild WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Pathfinder WayWalking route74 km

Circular walk taking in some of the WWII Bomber bases

Named routeLength 74 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route11.1 km

Named routeRef 51Length 11.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9 m

Named routeRef 51Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route40 m

Named routeRef 51Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Main RouteCycling route45 m

Named routeRef 51Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Guided Busway bridlewaybridleway · 2 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 2 kmSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

Wildlife to spot

30,835 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,835 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Pintail · Glossy Ibis +46

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
PintailAnas acuta
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,835 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Pintail · Glossy Ibis +46

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
PintailAnas acuta
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 G Laird · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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