Broadleaved woodland near Pennyland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.05694, -0.74252
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 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Millennium Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V11Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V7Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Canal Broadwalkbridleway · 883 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 883 mPath type: cycleway
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Wildlife to spot
65,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
65,451 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Grey Heron · Coot · Great Crested Grebe · Cormorant +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TealAnas crecca
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Primrose · Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Cowslip · White Dead-nettle +8
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- CowslipPrimula veris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
65,451 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Grey Heron · Coot · Great Crested Grebe · Cormorant +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TealAnas crecca
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Primrose · Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Cowslip · White Dead-nettle +8
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- CowslipPrimula veris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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