Forty Acre Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.64285, 0.44378
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route137 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 137 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route448 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route527 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route96 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
BR 160 Potash Roadbridleway · 399 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 399 mPath type: bridleway
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Forty Acre Plantation, Billericay, Essex
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Wildlife to spot
25,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,800 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Snail Hunter · Meliscaeva cinctella · Epistrophe eligans · Bibio lanigerus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +6
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,800 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Snail Hunter · Meliscaeva cinctella · Epistrophe eligans · Bibio lanigerus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +6
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCalathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollisPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Events & activities nearby
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