New Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.72878, -0.43603
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 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
30 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 route758 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Highwoodhall Lanebridleway · 1.6 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.6 kmSurface grassPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
16,267 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,267 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackcap · Magpie · Jackdaw +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +39
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Toothwort
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,267 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackcap · Magpie · Jackdaw +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +39
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Toothwort
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
