Lodge Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.83332, 1.05852
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
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
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The driveway to The Lodge
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Wildlife to spot
2,365 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,365 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard +27
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brimstone · Ivy Bee · Cranefly
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- CraneflyTipulidae2023
Hawthorn · Scarlet Pimpernel · Bristly Oxtongue · Creeping Cinquefoil · Pedunculate Oak +81
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,365 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard +27
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brimstone · Ivy Bee · Cranefly
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- CraneflyTipulidae2023
Hawthorn · Scarlet Pimpernel · Bristly Oxtongue · Creeping Cinquefoil · Pedunculate Oak +81
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas