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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome251 ha
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Shrubland Hall, Coddenham, Suffolk, is an historic English country house with planned gardens in Suffolk, England, built in the 1770s.
Read more on Wikipedia →English country houseGrade II* listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Cormorant
- ✦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
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Cormorant
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Cormorant, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: GRAND STAIRS AND GROTTO 50 METRES WEST OF SHRUBLAND HALL
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Cormorant, Mallard +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +34 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Red Dead-nettle, Narrow-leaved Ragwort +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Fynn Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 11BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11BLocal cycle route
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route708 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 708 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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16,381 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,381 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Grey Heron · Cormorant +38
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Speckled Wood +17
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Red Dead-nettle · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Caper Spurge · Wild Teasel · Butterfly-bush +2
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,381 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Grey Heron · Cormorant +38
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Speckled Wood +17
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Red Dead-nettle · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Caper Spurge · Wild Teasel · Butterfly-bush +2
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensRed AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaCommon BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas20242025
2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2024Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2024