Violets Spring - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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51.94846, 0.08478
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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 welcomeDogs 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
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map White Barns Lane public footpath · 10 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 10 m Surface paved Path type: track
Show on map White Barns Lane public footpath · 219 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 219 m Surface paved Path type: track
Show on map Photos Violets Lane - with water - the North end.
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Wildlife to spot
1,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,064 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Swift · Tawny Owl · Fieldfare · Great Tit · Robin +26
Swift Apus apus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2020 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2021 Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Badger · Barbastelle · Muntjac +2
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Fallow Deer Dama dama Badger Meles meles2019 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Rabbit Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper · Large White +36
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2021 ▾
Scarlet Pimpernel · Common Spotted-orchid · Tufted Vetch · Spear Thistle · Perforate St John's-wort +5
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,064 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Swift · Tawny Owl · Fieldfare · Great Tit · Robin +26
Swift Apus apus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2020 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2021 Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Badger · Barbastelle · Muntjac +2
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Fallow Deer Dama dama Badger Meles meles2019 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Rabbit Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper · Large White +36
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2021 ▾
Scarlet Pimpernel · Common Spotted-orchid · Tufted Vetch · Spear Thistle · Perforate St John's-wort +5
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2018
Oryctolagus cuniculus2018
2019
2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2024
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2024
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2024
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2024
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2023
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2023
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Primula elatior x vulgaris = P. x digenea Primula elatior x vulgaris = P. x digenea2018
Primula elatior x vulgaris = P. x digenea Primula elatior x vulgaris = P. x digenea2018
Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media2018
Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media2018
Herb-Paris Paris quadrifolia2018
Herb-Paris Paris quadrifolia2018
Oxlip Primula elatior2018
Oxlip Primula elatior2018 