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The Old Nene Golf and Country Club

2 ha

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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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
🐕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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Kestrel +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Kestrel +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Bumblebee, Hebrew Character, Clouded Drab +138 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Bumblebee, Hebrew Character, Clouded Drab +138 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Common Cord-moss, Redshank +21 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Common Cord-moss, Redshank +21 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rothschild WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting · Skylark · Red-legged Partridge +30

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SnipeGallinago gallinago
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
SwiftApus apus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023

🦌

Mammals10 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Red Fox +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
PolecatMustela putorius2023
StoatMustela erminea2023

🐝

Insects36 species

springsummer

2026

Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Darter +31

BumblebeeBombus2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025
EristalisEristalis2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Reed Bunting · Skylark · Red-legged Partridge +30

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SnipeGallinago gallinago
DunnockPrunella modularis
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
SwiftApus apus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023

🦌

Mammals10 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Red Fox +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
PolecatMustela putorius2023
StoatMustela erminea2023

🐝

Insects36 species

springsummer

2026

Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Darter +31

BumblebeeBombus2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025
EristalisEristalis2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Yellow-faced BlowflyCynomya mortuorum2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
EupeodesEupeodes2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Bean Seed BeetleBruchus rufimanus2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Old Nene Golf Course - The 3rd hole, par 3

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