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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 152m 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 152m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Daisy, Bristly Oxtongue +41 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Elder, Daisy, Bristly Oxtongue +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Elder, Bristly Oxtongue, Bramble +5 more foraging species

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

18,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Blue Tit · Robin +35

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SwiftApus apus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2026

Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock +11

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024

🌿

Plants39 species

summer

2025

Bramble · Hedge Bindweed · Great Willowherb · Common Reed · Oak +34

BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
OakQuercus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
NipplewortLapsana communis
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
ElderSambucus nigra
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
IvyHedera helix
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common CouchElymus repens
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Field MapleAcer campestre
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
AshFraxinus excelsior
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,919 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Blue Tit · Robin +35

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SwiftApus apus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2026

Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock +11

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024

🌿

Plants39 species

summer

2025

Bramble · Hedge Bindweed · Great Willowherb · Common Reed · Oak +34

BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
OakQuercus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
NipplewortLapsana communis
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
ElderSambucus nigra
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
IvyHedera helix
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common CouchElymus repens
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Field MapleAcer campestre
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
AshFraxinus excelsior
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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