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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +38 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Creeping Feather-moss, Fallacious Beard-moss +112 more · last seen 2023
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route586 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 586 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
16 photos from nearby open sources
Footpath into Broom Covert to Pound Farm Cottages
Photos
Footpath into Broom Covert to Pound Farm Cottages
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,978 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,978 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
springsummer
2025Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Common GullLarus canus2018
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2024Muntjac · Brown Hare · Water Vole · Fallow Deer · Rabbit
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023Great Crested Newt
🐝Insects41 species
springsummer
2025Large White · Small White · Peacock · Red Admiral · Emperor Dragonfly
+36 more speciesHide species list
All 41 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants115 species
summerautumnwinter
2023Wood Bristle-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · Fallacious Beard-moss · Blueish Veilwort · Lateral Cryphaea
+110 more speciesHide species list
All 115 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2020
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2020
- Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2020
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,978 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
springsummer
2025Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Common GullLarus canus2018
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2024Muntjac · Brown Hare · Water Vole · Fallow Deer · Rabbit
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023Great Crested Newt
🐝Insects41 species
springsummer
2025Large White · Small White · Peacock · Red Admiral · Emperor Dragonfly
+36 more speciesHide species list
All 41 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants115 species
summerautumnwinter
2023Wood Bristle-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · Fallacious Beard-moss · Blueish Veilwort · Lateral Cryphaea
+110 more speciesHide species list
All 115 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2020
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2020
- Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2020
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lateral Cryphaea
Lateral Cryphaea
Cryphaea heteromalla2020
Cryphaea heteromalla2020
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2020Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2020White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2020Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2020Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2020Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2020Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2020Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2020Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2020Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2020Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2020Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2020Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2020Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2020Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumLyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2020Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2020Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia2020Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia2020Even ScalewortRadula complanata2020Even ScalewortRadula complanata2020Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2020Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2020Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2020Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2020DogwoodCornus sanguinea2019DogwoodCornus sanguinea2019Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2017Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2017Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2017Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2017Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2017AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2017Sulphur CloverTrifolium ochroleucon2017Sulphur CloverTrifolium ochroleucon2017Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusCelery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataStrap-leaved Earth-mossEphemerum recurvifolium2020Strap-leaved Earth-mossEphemerum recurvifolium2020Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2020Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2020Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2020Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2020Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2017Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2017Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2017Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2017Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2017Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2017MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2017PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2017PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2017Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2017Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2017Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2017CowslipPrimula veris2017CowslipPrimula veris2017Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2016Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2016Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2016Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2016Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2016Kneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum riparium2016Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2016Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2016Silver-mossBryum argenteum2016Silver-mossBryum argenteum2016Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2016Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2016Lady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumRanunculus aquatilis agg.Ranunculus aquatilis agg.Ranunculus aquatilis agg.Ranunculus aquatilis agg.Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natansBroad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natansOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareCallitriche aggregateCallitriche aggregateCallitriche aggregateCallitriche aggregateRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiWater CressNasturtium officinaleWater CressNasturtium officinaleQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaWild CarrotDaucus carota2022Wild CarrotDaucus carota2022GreasewortAneura pinguis2020GreasewortAneura pinguis2020Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus2020Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus2020Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2020Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia2020Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2020Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2020HornbeamCarpinus betulus2019HornbeamCarpinus betulus2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2017Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017HawthornCrataegus monogyna2017Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2017Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2017Sweet VioletViola odorata2017Sweet VioletViola odorata2017Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2017Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2017Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2017Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2017JacobaeaJacobaea2017JacobaeaJacobaea2017Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2017Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017Hedge BedstrawGalium album2017Hedge BedstrawGalium album2017Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2017Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2017Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2017Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2017Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2017Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2017TormentilPotentilla erecta2017TormentilPotentilla erecta2017Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2017Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2017Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2017Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2017BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2017BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2017Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2017Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2017Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2017BugleAjuga reptans2017BugleAjuga reptans2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Hard RushJuncus inflexus2017Hard RushJuncus inflexus2017Black MedickMedicago lupulina2017Black MedickMedicago lupulina2017Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum2016Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum2016Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2016Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2016Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata2016Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata2016Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2016Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2016Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2016Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2016Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2016Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2016Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2016Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2016Slender Pocket-mossFissidens exilis2016Slender Pocket-mossFissidens exilis2016Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2016Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2016Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2016Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2016Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2016Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2016Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2016Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2016Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2016Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2016Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2016Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2016Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2016Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2016Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2016Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2016Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2016Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2016Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2016Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2016Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2016Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2016Pea BryumBryum ruderale2016Pea BryumBryum ruderale2016Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2016Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2016Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2016Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2016Events & activities nearby
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