Sharsted Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.29151, 0.79325
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
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Swale Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
4,533 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,533 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit +26
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Asiraca clavicornis · 24-spot Ladybird +40
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,533 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit +26
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
10-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Asiraca clavicornis · 24-spot Ladybird +40
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas