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Round barrow 690m SSW of Stocking Drove Farm

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
✦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

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
✦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

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard +83 more · last seen 2025

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 — Platycheirus albimanus, Striped Slender Robberfly · last seen 2025; Insects — Platycheirus albimanus, Striped Slender Robberfly · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rothschild WayWalking route

Named routeLocal 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

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2025

Greylag Goose · Carrion Crow · Barnacle Goose · Great Crested Grebe · Woodpigeon +53

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
CootFulica atra
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TealAnas crecca
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola

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Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2025

Greylag Goose · Carrion Crow · Barnacle Goose · Great Crested Grebe · Woodpigeon +53

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
CootFulica atra
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
TealAnas crecca
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
Common GullLarus canus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great TitParus major
SwallowHirundo rustica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stubble field near Stocking Drove Farm

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