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Stanground Wash Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery

18 ha

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome18 ha

Getting here

52.56458, -0.20575

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Magpie
✦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

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Magpie
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Wren +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Wren +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Blue Shieldbug, 24-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Blue Shieldbug, 24-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Hereward WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

161 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Dodds CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

109,389 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

109,389 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Starling · Stonechat · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +40

StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Muntjac

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Blue Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

109,389 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Starling · Stonechat · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +40

StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Muntjac

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Blue Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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