Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.04366, 0.95250
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hadleigh Railway Walkpublic footpath · 267 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 267 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
28 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
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route ACycling route▾
Named routeRef ARegional cycle route
South Suffolk Route B1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef B1Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route A2 (Bures Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef A2Regional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
George Streetbridleway · 92 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 92 mSurface pavedPath type: pedestrian
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stoat
Slow-worm
Harlequin Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Lesser Stag Beetle · Small Black Ant +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succinea
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Sweet Violet · Annual Mercury · Dittander
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2025
- DittanderLepidium latifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Stoat
Slow-worm
Harlequin Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Lesser Stag Beetle · Small Black Ant +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succinea
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Sweet Violet · Annual Mercury · Dittander
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2025
- DittanderLepidium latifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis form succinea
Harmonia axyridis form succinea
Western Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis mellifera