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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › Eastern › East Cambridgeshire Getting here
52.18742, 0.48248
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Peacock +24 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Peacock +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort, Blueish Veilwort +12 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Forked Veilwort, Blueish Veilwort +12 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat. · last seen 2020; Fungi — Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat. · last seen 2020
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Icknield Way Path Walking route 169 km ▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named route Length 169 km Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Path part 2 Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Path part 1 Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle Trail Mountain bike route 226 km ▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named route Length 226 km Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,221 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,221 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Blue Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Whitethroat Curruca communis Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stock Dove Columba oenas Rook Corvus frugilegus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Coal Tit Periparus ater Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2023 🦌 Mammals 9 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +4
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Cherry · Willowherb · Cleavers · Knapweed · Sow Thistle +4
Cherry Prunus Willowherb Epilobium Cleavers Galium aparine Knapweed Centaurea Sow Thistle Sonchus Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,221 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Blue Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Whitethroat Curruca communis Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stock Dove Columba oenas Rook Corvus frugilegus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Coal Tit Periparus ater Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2023 🦌 Mammals 9 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +4
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Cherry · Willowherb · Cleavers · Knapweed · Sow Thistle +4
Cherry Prunus Willowherb Epilobium Cleavers Galium aparine Knapweed Centaurea Sow Thistle Sonchus Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntjac
Muntjac
Muntiacus reevesi2023
Muntiacus reevesi2023
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2023
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2023
Fallow Deer Dama dama2023
Fallow Deer Dama dama2023 Spindle
Spindle
Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus europaeus
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale 