Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome75 ha
Getting here
52.17374, -0.18580
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Pea-leaf Weevil, Sitona suturalis, 16-spot Ladybird +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clopton WayWalking route17.7 km▾
This walk offers great views from the top an escarpment and passes through the now deserted medieval village of Clopton
Named routeLength 17.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km▾
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Weneslawe WalkWalking route12.8 km▾
Named routeLength 12.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 9iiiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiiLocal cycle route
Route HDC 9iiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiLocal cycle route
Photos
Entrance to Waresley Park Stud
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
31,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,281 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Pheasant · Great Tit · Magpie +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Dorytomus dejeani · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spruce Cone Bug · Aspidapion radiolus · Pea-leaf Weevil +2
- Dorytomus dejeaniDorytomus dejeani
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Spruce Cone BugGastrodes abietum
- Aspidapion radiolusAspidapion radiolus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Nut Leaf Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,281 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Pheasant · Great Tit · Magpie +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Dorytomus dejeani · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spruce Cone Bug · Aspidapion radiolus · Pea-leaf Weevil +2
- Dorytomus dejeaniDorytomus dejeani
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Spruce Cone BugGastrodes abietum
- Aspidapion radiolusAspidapion radiolus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Nut Leaf Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Strophosoma melanogrammum
Strophosoma melanogrammum
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