Short birdwatching visit · Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Godmanchester Nature Reserve
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Summer; winter wildfowl interest
- Headline birds
- Teal · Kingfisher · Great Crested Grebe
- Parking
- Not stated by the operator
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- The operator describes routes suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs; this is not a blanket step-free assurance for every path.
Cow Lane, northeast of Godmanchester
Godmanchester Nature Reserve combines four former gravel lakes with grassland, reedbed and old hedgerows beside the Great Ouse. The Wildlife Trust names Kingfisher, Teal and Great Crested Grebe among its birds, with Snipe associated with Mouldings Meadow. Winter brings additional grazing wildfowl, although summer is the operator's suggested general visiting season. The Ouse Valley Way passes through the reserve. Different paths have different surfaces, so choose a manageable circuit from the map rather than assuming every lakeside section is equally accessible.
Birds and seasons
- Teal · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Teal
- Kingfisher · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Kingfisher
- Great Crested Grebe · Headline bird — Season not stated by the operator Source for Great Crested Grebe
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- The reserve has wide rides and smaller paths, with both surfaced and unsurfaced sections and slight gradients.
- Parking
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Access notes
- The operator describes routes suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs; this is not a blanket step-free assurance for every path.
- Dogs
- Keep dogs on leads, including around the cattle-grazed grassland.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Step-free access
- The operator describes routes suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs; this is not a blanket step-free assurance for every path.
Getting there: The published visitor location is at the end of Cow Lane, about a mile northeast of Godmanchester. The reserve is open at all times; fishing is prohibited in the reserve lakes.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Ouse Fen · 8.3 straight-line miles
- Kingfishers Bridge · 17.4 straight-line miles
- Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve · 30.3 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, 5.0 miles away in a straight line.
- Brampton Wood · 5.1 miles in a straight line
- Mare Fen · 6.3 miles in a straight line
- Monks Wood · 6.7 miles in a straight line