The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.08008, 1.11314
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 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Fonnereau WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Fynn Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Fisk's Lanerestricted byway · 24 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 24 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
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Wildlife to spot
13,958 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,958 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Moorhen · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Red Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Speckled Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly +10
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Common Chickweed · Yarrow · Creeping Cinquefoil +46
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,958 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Moorhen · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Red Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Speckled Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly +10
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Common Chickweed · Yarrow · Creeping Cinquefoil +46
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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