Black Ditch Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
25 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
52.06141, 1.41692
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
- 🅿️Parking 457m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 457m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sandlings WalkWalking route89 km▾
Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Rendlesham Forest UFO TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Regional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tang TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
25 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stebbings Lanerestricted byway · 110 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 110 mPath type: residential
Stebbings Lanerestricted byway · 248 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 248 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
51,719 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,719 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Coal Tit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Dartford Warbler +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Wood Mouse · Badger · Red Fox +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Laemostenus terricola · Oak Bush-cricket · Bronze Shieldbug
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Laemostenus terricolaLaemostenus terricola
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Bell Heather · Scots Pine
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,719 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Coal Tit · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Dartford Warbler +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Wood Mouse · Badger · Red Fox +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Laemostenus terricola · Oak Bush-cricket · Bronze Shieldbug
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Laemostenus terricolaLaemostenus terricola
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Bell Heather · Scots Pine
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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