Rettendon Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.64941, 0.56823
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
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Rectory Lanebridleway · 540 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 540 mPath type: service
Photos
Mill House, Hatch Lane, Rettendon
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Wildlife to spot
21,781 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,781 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Moorhen · Mallard · Carrion Crow +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Violet Ground Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird +4
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,781 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Moorhen · Mallard · Carrion Crow +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mole
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Violet Ground Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird +4
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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