Wansford Bridge See also CAMBRIDGESHIRE 136
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.57947, -0.41538
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Thirteen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Thirteen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: WANSFORD BRIDGE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Four-spotted Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,705 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,705 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Pied Wagtail · House Sparrow +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Badger
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Mesembrina meridiana · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Curled Dock · Rosa canina · False Oat-grass · Hedge Bindweed · Germander Speedwell +102
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,705 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Pied Wagtail · House Sparrow +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Badger
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Mesembrina meridiana · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Curled Dock · Rosa canina · False Oat-grass · Hedge Bindweed · Germander Speedwell +102
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025ToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaMusk ThistleCarduus nutansMusk ThistleCarduus nutansLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSnowdropGalanthusSnowdropGalanthusPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata2025Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata2025Whorled MintMentha aquatica x arvensis = M. x verticillata2025Whorled MintMentha aquatica x arvensis = M. x verticillata2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Water CressNasturtium officinale2025Water CressNasturtium officinale2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Black-poplarPopulus nigra2025Black-poplarPopulus nigra2025Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2025Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2025Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2025Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025Common ReedPhragmites australis2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba2025Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba2025Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025CharlockSinapis arvensis2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025White WillowSalix alba2025White WillowSalix alba2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2025Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2025Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Early Forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissima2025Early Forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissima2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2025Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025Field MadderSherardia arvensis2025Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2025Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Events & activities nearby
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