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Getting here
52.40896, 0.11644
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Wigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Wigeon
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Wigeon, Carrion Crow +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Wigeon, Carrion Crow +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Scarce Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bristly Oxtongue, Creeping Buttercup, Herb-Robert +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Middle Level Barrier Bankpublic footpath · 1.9 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.9 kmSurface grassPath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
13,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rook +44
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PintailAnas acuta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SwiftApus apus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Common Shrew · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Marmalade Hoverfly +20
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Bastard Cabbage · Ribbed Melilot · Ragged-Robin · Caucasian Comfrey +5
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum
- Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Caucasian ComfreySymphytum caucasicum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Cock's-foot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rook +44
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PintailAnas acuta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SwiftApus apus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Common Shrew · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Marmalade Hoverfly +20
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Bastard Cabbage · Ribbed Melilot · Ragged-Robin · Caucasian Comfrey +5
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum
- Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Caucasian ComfreySymphytum caucasicum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Cock's-foot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2025Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2025Dactylis glomerata
Dactylis glomerata
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigra