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The Green

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📷 Keith Edkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Oxypselaphus obscurus, Common Darter · last seen 2025; Insects — Oxypselaphus obscurus, Common Darter · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Dilated Scalewort, White-tipped Bristle-moss +2 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Dilated Scalewort, White-tipped Bristle-moss +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

RSPB Fowlmere Nature TrailWalking route

Nature trail around RSPB Fowlmere

Named routeLocal walking 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

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

73,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

73,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Fieldfare · Redwing · Wigeon · Blackbird · Robin +40

FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WigeonMareca penelope
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
PochardAythya ferina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
PintailAnas acuta
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Fallow Deer · Muntjac

Fallow DeerDama dama
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

73,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2026

Fieldfare · Redwing · Wigeon · Blackbird · Robin +40

FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WigeonMareca penelope
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
PochardAythya ferina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
PintailAnas acuta
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Fallow Deer · Muntjac

Fallow DeerDama dama
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Keith Edkins · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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