Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.10657, 1.01582
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 292m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 292m 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 — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Silver-washed Fritillary, Meadow Brown, White Admiral +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Man Orchid, Field Maple, Common Nettle +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route ACycling route▾
Named routeRef ARegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route708 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 708 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route563 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 563 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route325 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 325 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,894 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Yellow-legged Gull · Blackbird · Pochard +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Muntjac
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Blue Damselfly · Syrphus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- SyrphusSyrphus
Blackthorn · Ribwort Plantain · Elder · Germander Speedwell · Field Maple +44
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- KerriaKerria japonica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Yellow-legged Gull · Blackbird · Pochard +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Muntjac
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Blue Damselfly · Syrphus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- SyrphusSyrphus
Blackthorn · Ribwort Plantain · Elder · Germander Speedwell · Field Maple +44
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- KerriaKerria japonica
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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