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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.99001, 0.15748
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +64 more · last seen 2021
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +64 more · last seen 2021
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Common Knapweed, Yarrow +53 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lime Tree WalkWalking route▾
Kitchen Garden WalkWalking route▾
Temple WalkWalking route▾
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
The Gappublic footpath · 81 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mPath type: service
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 11Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 11Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route211 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 211 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Arkesden Church of St Mary - Birch Wolfe brass, Essex, England
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,972 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,972 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Willow Warbler · Tawny Owl +15
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- SiskinSpinus spinus2016
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Polecat-Ferret · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2015
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large White · Gatekeeper · Common Blue +35
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2015
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Ribwort Plantain · Scentless Mayweed · Hedge Bedstraw · Common Knapweed · Yarrow +28
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2015
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album2015
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2015
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2015
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,972 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Willow Warbler · Tawny Owl +15
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- SiskinSpinus spinus2016
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Polecat-Ferret · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2015
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Marmalade Hoverfly · Large White · Gatekeeper · Common Blue +35
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2015
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Ribwort Plantain · Scentless Mayweed · Hedge Bedstraw · Common Knapweed · Yarrow +28
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2015
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album2015
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2015
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2015
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2015
2015
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2018Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2016Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2016Small WhitePieris rapae2016Small WhitePieris rapae2016Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2015Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2015Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2015Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2015Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2021Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2021Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2020Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2020Small Scissor BeeChelostoma campanularum2019Small Scissor BeeChelostoma campanularum2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2018Winter MothOperophtera brumata2018Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2018Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2018Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2017Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2017Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2017Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2017PeacockAglais io2017PeacockAglais io2017Brown ArgusAricia agestis2015Brown ArgusAricia agestis2015Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2015Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2015Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015Painted LadyVanessa cardui2015Painted LadyVanessa cardui20152015
2015
SilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumToadflaxLinaria2015ToadflaxLinaria2015Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2015Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2015Fat-henChenopodium album2015Fat-henChenopodium album2015Common NettleUrtica dioica2015Common NettleUrtica dioica2015Greater PlantainPlantago major2015Greater PlantainPlantago major2015Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2015Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2015Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2015Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2015Dog-roseRosa canina2015Dog-roseRosa canina2015Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2015Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2015Wild ThymeThymus drucei2015Wild ThymeThymus drucei2015DaisyBellis perennis2015DaisyBellis perennis2015Common RestharrowOnonis repens2015Common RestharrowOnonis repens2015Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2015Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2015Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2015Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2015Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2015Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2015Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2015Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2015Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2015Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2015Wood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataEvents & activities nearby
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