New Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🌿Foraging🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.71912, -0.43849
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Ver Valley Walk 5Walking route▾
The Three Burys Walk
Named routeRef Ver5Local walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blue WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
20,304 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,304 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Dunnock +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects55 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Broad Centurion +50
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Toothwort
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,304 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Dunnock +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects55 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Broad Centurion +50
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Toothwort
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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