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📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

52.41345, -0.11965

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Orange-tip +57 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Small White, Large White, Orange-tip +57 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Wall Screw-moss, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis +21 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Bluebell, Wall Screw-moss, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis +21 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rothschild WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pathfinder WayWalking route74 km

Circular walk taking in some of the WWII Bomber bases

Named routeLength 74 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-necked Grebe · Merlin +23

WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2022
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Great TitParus major2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2022
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
PintailAnas acuta2021
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2023

Barbastelle

BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2023

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Black-necked Grebe · Merlin +23

WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2022
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
Great TitParus major2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2022
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
PintailAnas acuta2021
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2023

Barbastelle

BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2023

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Village sign on Manor Street, Wistow

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