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Roman site N of Brown Spinney

8 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Mallard +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Mallard +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper +50 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Fleabane, Small Balsam, Autumn Hawkbit +7 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Fleabane, Small Balsam, Autumn Hawkbit +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

RSPB Fowlmere Nature TrailWalking route

Nature trail around RSPB Fowlmere

Named routeLocal walking route

Wimpole Estate Thrones 3 WalkWalking route5.8 km

A walk around the east and north east of the Wimpole Estate

Named routeLength 5.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wimpole Estate Chalk Ridge WalkWalking route7.4 km

A walk around the east of the Wimpole Estate

Named routeLength 7.4 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wimpole Estate Folly East WalkWalking route5.9 km

A walk around the north and north east of the Wimpole Estate

Named routeLength 5.9 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wimpole Estate Multi-Use Trail WalkWalking route8.5 km

A walk around the Multi-Use Trail at Wimpole Estate

Named routeLength 8.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Angle Lanepublic footpath · 340 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 340 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Wimbish Estatepublic footpath · 37 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mSurface concretePath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

34,782 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

34,782 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2026

Kestrel · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Chiffchaff +53

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
CootFulica atra2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2025
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Brown Rat · Badger · Fallow Deer · Water Vole · Noctule +1

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Water VoleArvicola amphibius
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects34 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Banded Demoiselle · Syrphus +29

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Raspberry BeetleByturus tomentosus2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Pseudomalus violaceusPseudomalus violaceus2025
Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellio2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2025

Common Fleabane · Small Balsam · Rough Hawkbit · Autumn Hawkbit · Fiddle Dock +2

Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Small BalsamImpatiens parviflora
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

34,782 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

spring

2026

Kestrel · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Chiffchaff +53

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
CootFulica atra2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2025
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Brown Rat · Badger · Fallow Deer · Water Vole · Noctule +1

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Water VoleArvicola amphibius
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects34 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Banded Demoiselle · Syrphus +29

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Raspberry BeetleByturus tomentosus2025
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Pseudomalus violaceusPseudomalus violaceus2025
Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellio2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2025

Common Fleabane · Small Balsam · Rough Hawkbit · Autumn Hawkbit · Fiddle Dock +2

Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Small BalsamImpatiens parviflora
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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