Willow Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.05765, 0.53758
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km▾
Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Wool Towns WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 km
London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW05Local walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,717 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,717 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Blackbird · Kestrel · Robin · Woodpigeon +37
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2017
Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Long-eared Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2018
🦎Reptiles3 species
winterautumn
2023▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2022
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2021
Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Small White · Comma · Banded Demoiselle +27
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
🌿Plants4 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Field-speedwell · Taraxacum agg. · Biting Stonecrop · Hazel
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
- Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
- HazelCorylus avellana2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,717 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Blackbird · Kestrel · Robin · Woodpigeon +37
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2017
Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Long-eared Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2018
🦎Reptiles3 species
winterautumn
2023▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2022
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2021
Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Small White · Comma · Banded Demoiselle +27
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
🌿Plants4 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Field-speedwell · Taraxacum agg. · Biting Stonecrop · Hazel
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
- Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
- HazelCorylus avellana2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Scarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Panzer's Nomad BeeNomada panzeri2021Panzer's Nomad BeeNomada panzeri2021Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2020Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2020Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2018Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2018Events & activities nearby
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