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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.35310, 0.17137
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Brown Long-eared Bat, Soprano Pipistrelle +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Gatekeeper, Large White +135 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Rough Meadow-grass +68 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rothschild WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route117 m▾
Named routeLength 117 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route778 m▾
Named routeLength 778 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Hinton Waybyway open to all traffic · 401 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 401 mPath type: track
Photos
Albert Pell war memorial inside St Peter's church, Wilburton
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Wildlife to spot
11,875 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,875 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Pheasant · Great Tit +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Wood Mouse · Brown Hare · Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Pygmy Shrew +2
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · 2-spot Ladybird +20
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Adonis' Ladybird
🌿Plants2 species
springwinter
2023▾
Greater Celandine · Slender Bristle-moss
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Slender Bristle-mossOrthotrichum tenellum2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,875 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Pheasant · Great Tit +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
Wood Mouse · Brown Hare · Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Pygmy Shrew +2
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · 2-spot Ladybird +20
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Adonis' Ladybird
🌿Plants2 species
springwinter
2023▾
Greater Celandine · Slender Bristle-moss
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Slender Bristle-mossOrthotrichum tenellum2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata
Poplar KnucklehornCladius grandis2025Poplar KnucklehornCladius grandis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2023Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2023