Charterhouse Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.15810, 0.25543
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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
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
20,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Bearded Tit · Blue Tit +20
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Common Darter · Meadow Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants65 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small Scabious · Wild Privet · Creeping Thistle · Hawkweed Oxtongue · Juniper +60
- Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- JuniperJuniperus communis
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Bearded Tit · Blue Tit +20
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Common Darter · Meadow Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants65 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small Scabious · Wild Privet · Creeping Thistle · Hawkweed Oxtongue · Juniper +60
- Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- JuniperJuniperus communis
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Yarrow
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium
Wild MignonetteReseda luteaWild MignonetteReseda luteaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCarline ThistleCarlina vulgarisCarline ThistleCarlina vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaGreater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosaDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCommon Rock-roseHelianthemum nummulariumCommon Rock-roseHelianthemum nummulariumCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaField PansyViola arvensisField PansyViola arvensisWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWild ThymeThymus druceiWild ThymeThymus druceiLesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minusLesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minusBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusPloughman's-spikenardInula conyzaePloughman's-spikenardInula conyzaeHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaWhite BryonyBryonia dioicaField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraWild BasilClinopodium vulgareWild BasilClinopodium vulgareCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgaris