Forty Acre Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.64663, 0.44003
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
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
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Named routeRef 13Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 13Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route527 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 13Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
19,652 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,652 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Muntjac · Hazel Dormouse
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
7-spot Ladybird · Snail Hunter · Calathus rotundicollis · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Trioza centranthi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,652 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Muntjac · Hazel Dormouse
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
7-spot Ladybird · Snail Hunter · Calathus rotundicollis · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Trioza centranthi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Muscina levidaMuscina levida2025Muscina levidaMuscina levida2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025