The Guvnor's Belt - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.20583, 0.35600
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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
5,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,190 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Corn Bunting · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit +47
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
🦌Mammals12 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat · Badger · Muntjac +7
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2023
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Scarce Chaser
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Lesser Meadow-rue
- Lesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,190 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Corn Bunting · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit +47
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
🦌Mammals12 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Daubenton's Bat · Natterer's Bat · Badger · Muntjac +7
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2023
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Scarce Chaser
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Lesser Meadow-rue
- Lesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
