Brookfield Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
17 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
52.51998, -0.67678
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Former Brookfield East ironstone quarry
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Wildlife to spot
2,603 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,603 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Whitethroat +24
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Tall Fescue · Early Meadow-grass · White Dead-nettle · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow +113
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Early Meadow-grassPoa infirma
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,603 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Whitethroat +24
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Tall Fescue · Early Meadow-grass · White Dead-nettle · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow +113
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Early Meadow-grassPoa infirma
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas