Lodge Plantation - Woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.13676, 0.20773
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeLength 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route35 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
25,912 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,912 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Magpie · Blackbird +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Varied Carpet Beetle · Horse Chestnut Scale Insect · Adonis' Ladybird · Rhyzobius forestieri · Chrysolina banksii +2
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Horse Chestnut Scale InsectPulvinaria regalis2025
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
- Rhyzobius forestieriRhyzobius forestieri2025
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025
- Firebug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,912 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Magpie · Blackbird +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Varied Carpet Beetle · Horse Chestnut Scale Insect · Adonis' Ladybird · Rhyzobius forestieri · Chrysolina banksii +2
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Horse Chestnut Scale InsectPulvinaria regalis2025
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
- Rhyzobius forestieriRhyzobius forestieri2025
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025
- Firebug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Events & activities nearby
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