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52.22326, 1.48005
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 101m away — 4 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 101m away — 4 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Robin, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Robin, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Creeping Buttercup, Hard Rush +35 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Creeping Buttercup, Hard Rush +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small White +35 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small White +35 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Bulrush, Bristly Oxtongue +1 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sandlings Walk Walking route 89 km ▾
Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich
Named route Length 89 km Regional walking route
Show on map 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 42 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 42 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Heart of Suffolk Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref HoSR Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Wolf Way Cycling route 400 km ▾
Named route Ref Wolf Way Length 400 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Path into the woods, Ash Ground
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Wildlife to spot
13,463 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,463 records · National Biodiversity Network Yellow Wagtail · Grey Wagtail · Waxwing · Swift · Chiffchaff +31
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus2024 Swift Apus apus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 21 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Ringlet +16
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Meadow Brown Himalayan Balsam · Hard Rush · Creeping Buttercup · Marsh-marigold · Yellow Iris +16
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Hard Rush Juncus inflexus2024 Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2024 Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2024 Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2024 Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum officinale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,463 records · National Biodiversity Network Yellow Wagtail · Grey Wagtail · Waxwing · Swift · Chiffchaff +31
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus2024 Swift Apus apus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 21 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Ringlet +16
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Meadow Brown Himalayan Balsam · Hard Rush · Creeping Buttercup · Marsh-marigold · Yellow Iris +16
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Hard Rush Juncus inflexus2024 Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2024 Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2024 Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus2024 Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum officinale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Maniola jurtina
Maniola jurtina
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Comma Polygonia c-album
Comma Polygonia c-album
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Leopoldius calceatus Leopoldius calceatus
Leopoldius calceatus Leopoldius calceatus
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2024
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2024
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus2024
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus2024
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale2024
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale2024
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2024
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2024
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus2024
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus2024
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2024
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2024
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2024
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2024
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2024
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2024
Common Reed Phragmites australis2024
Common Reed Phragmites australis2024
Common Stonewort Chara vulgaris2024
Common Stonewort Chara vulgaris2024
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera2024
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera2024
Floating Sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans2024
Floating Sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans2024
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2024
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga2024
Bulrush Typha latifolia2024
Bulrush Typha latifolia2024
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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