PETERBOROUGH BIRD CLUB

Ferry Meadows Country Park

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Site Notes

Key times: Winter & passage times.
Key Species: Water Rail, passage terns & Hawfinch
Maps: OS Explorer 227.
Car Park Grid Ref: TL148975
Distance/Time: 30 mins- 1 hour.
Terrain: Mostly hard surfaced tracks apart from in Bluebell Wood & the Nature Reserve, where it can be uneven and muddy.
Facilities: Toilets, café and visitor centre
Public Transport: Stagecoach Bus 13 & 14 from Peterborough.
Other Sites nearby: Orton Brick Pit & Peterborough City Centre.
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Species recorded
23
Visitors
4

What you might see

  • Great Egret

    Seen here twice in the last 3 years

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Western Barn Owl

    Recorded fairly regularly here

    Last seen 3 years ago

  • Eurasian Siskin

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 3 years ago

  • Common Redstart

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 3 years ago

  • Fieldfare

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 3 years ago

  • Ring Ouzel

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Eurasian Nuthatch

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Eurasian Blackcap

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 2 years ago

  • Common Chiffchaff

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 3 years ago

  • Willow Warbler

    An occasional visitor to this spot

    Last seen 3 years ago

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