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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 133m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 133m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dune Thread-moss, Blackthorn, Pendulous Sedge +66 more · last seen 2018
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Turpin's Trail 3Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Photos
St Andrew's church, Helions Bumpstead
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Wildlife to spot
4,826 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,826 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2022
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- SwiftApus apus2019
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2017
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit +4
- Fallow DeerDama dama2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Box Tree Moth · Common Red Soldier Beetle +4
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2019
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Daisy · Ivy · Dog-rose · Bluebell · Yarrow +31
- DaisyBellis perennis2017
- IvyHedera helix2017
- Dog-roseRosa canina2017
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2017
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,826 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2022
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- SwiftApus apus2019
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2017
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit +4
- Fallow DeerDama dama2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Box Tree Moth · Common Red Soldier Beetle +4
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2019
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Daisy · Ivy · Dog-rose · Bluebell · Yarrow +31
- DaisyBellis perennis2017
- IvyHedera helix2017
- Dog-roseRosa canina2017
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2017
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2025
Talpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesBrown RatRattus norvegicus2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2017MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi20172020
2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2019Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017Common MallowMalva sylvestris2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017Wood AvensGeum urbanum2017SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2017YewTaxus baccata2017YewTaxus baccata2017Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2017Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2017Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017AgrimonyAgrimonia2017AgrimonyAgrimonia2017Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2017Hoary PlantainPlantago media2017Hoary PlantainPlantago media2017ElderSambucus nigra2017ElderSambucus nigra2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017HazelCorylus2017HazelCorylus2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017DogwoodCornus sanguinea2017DogwoodCornus sanguinea2017Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2017Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2017Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2017Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2017Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2017Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2017Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2017PrimrosePrimula2017PrimrosePrimula2017RedshankPersicaria maculosa2016RedshankPersicaria maculosa2016Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2016Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2016Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2016Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2016Wild-oatAvena fatua2016Wild-oatAvena fatua2016Common CouchElymus repens2016Common CouchElymus repens2016Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2016Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2016Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2016Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2016Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2016Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2016Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2016Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2016