Well Ley Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.23509, -0.66171
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional 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
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,156 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,156 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Kestrel · Rook · Swallow · Chiffchaff +15
- SwiftApus apus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020
Black Rustic · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Lunar Underwing · Beaded Chestnut · Large Yellow Underwing +47
- Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
- Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Setaceous Hebrew Character
Cherry Plum · Knotted Hedge-parsley · Bee Orchid · White Bryony · Bristly Oxtongue +10
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- White BryonyBryonia dioica2020
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,156 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Kestrel · Rook · Swallow · Chiffchaff +15
- SwiftApus apus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020
Black Rustic · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Lunar Underwing · Beaded Chestnut · Large Yellow Underwing +47
- Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
- Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Setaceous Hebrew Character
Cherry Plum · Knotted Hedge-parsley · Bee Orchid · White Bryony · Bristly Oxtongue +10
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- White BryonyBryonia dioica2020
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xestia c-nigrum2019
Xestia c-nigrum2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2022Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Anaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalisAnaspis frontalisRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2023Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2023Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2023Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2022Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2022Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2022Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2022Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2021Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019December MothPoecilocampa populi2019December MothPoecilocampa populi2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019Large RanunculusPolymixis flavicincta2019Large RanunculusPolymixis flavicincta2019Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2019Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019Chicory
Chicory
Cichorium intybus2020
Cichorium intybus2020
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2020Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2020BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2020BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2020Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2020Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2020Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2020Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2020Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2020Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2020DandelionTaraxacum2020DandelionTaraxacum2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Events & activities nearby
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