Vicarage Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.54374, -2.27732
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Hayes Lanepublic footpath · 205 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 205 mPath type: unclassified
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,515 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,515 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Skylark · Chiffchaff · Wren +40
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwiftApus apus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Brown Soft-scale · Rutpela maculata
- Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidum
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Thick-leaved Stonecrop · Wall Scalewort · Ribwort Plantain · Slender Trefoil · Thyme-leaved Speedwell +54
- Thick-leaved StonecropSedum dasyphyllum
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Slender TrefoilTrifolium micranthum
- Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,515 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Skylark · Chiffchaff · Wren +40
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwiftApus apus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Brown Soft-scale · Rutpela maculata
- Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidum
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Thick-leaved Stonecrop · Wall Scalewort · Ribwort Plantain · Slender Trefoil · Thyme-leaved Speedwell +54
- Thick-leaved StonecropSedum dasyphyllum
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Slender TrefoilTrifolium micranthum
- Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis corniculata
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