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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.08102, 0.95413
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Bullfinch and Kestrel
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Bullfinch and Kestrel
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Bullfinch, Kestrel, Yellowhammer +61 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARGARET; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Bullfinch, Kestrel, Yellowhammer +61 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Peacock +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Thistle, Great Willowherb, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +220 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Suffolk Cycle Route A1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef A1Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Route BCycling route▾
Named routeRef BRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
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St Margaret's church, Whatfield
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Wildlife to spot
4,972 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,972 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Kestrel · Raven · Yellowhammer · Bullfinch
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Banded Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
Creeping Thistle · Bristly Oxtongue · Charlock · Swine-cress · Round-leaved Fluellen +86
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
- CharlockSinapis arvensis2024
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,972 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Kestrel · Raven · Yellowhammer · Bullfinch
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Banded Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
Creeping Thistle · Bristly Oxtongue · Charlock · Swine-cress · Round-leaved Fluellen +86
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
- CharlockSinapis arvensis2024
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2024Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Goat WillowSalix caprea2022Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiGlory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2024Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2024Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024BromusBromus2024BromusBromus2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024Yellow NoneaNonea lutea2024Yellow NoneaNonea lutea2024LilacSyringa vulgaris2024LilacSyringa vulgaris2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024Sweet VioletViola odorata2024Sweet VioletViola odorata2024Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2024Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum2024CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus2023CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus2023Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2022Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Common SallowSalix cinerea2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Common StonewortChara vulgaris2022Common StonewortChara vulgaris2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022RagwortSenecio2022RagwortSenecio2022BulrushTypha latifolia2022BulrushTypha latifolia2022Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra2022Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra2022Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2022Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2022GypsywortLycopus europaeus2022GypsywortLycopus europaeus2022Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2022Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2022Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022TimothyPhleum pratense2022Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2022Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2022Water-soldierStratiotes aloides2022Water-soldierStratiotes aloides2022CentauryCentaurium2022CentauryCentaurium2022Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2022Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022Wild CarrotDaucus carota2022Wild CarrotDaucus carota2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022Red FescueFestuca rubra2022Red FescueFestuca rubra2022