Nursery Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.71080, -0.09679
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 km21 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
Parkfield, Oakmere & Beyond 2 mile walkWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Innova ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Goffs Oak Primary & Nursery School
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Wildlife to spot
8,426 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,426 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +22
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Red Fox +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Box Tree Moth · Lily Beetle · Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Chrysotoxum festivum
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2021
Pyramidal Orchid · Bee Orchid · Grass Vetchling · Oxeye Daisy · Ragged-Robin
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,426 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +22
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Red Fox +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Box Tree Moth · Lily Beetle · Stag Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Chrysotoxum festivum
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2021
Pyramidal Orchid · Bee Orchid · Grass Vetchling · Oxeye Daisy · Ragged-Robin
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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