Moorley Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.20909, 0.44719
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: Icknield Way Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 217 mNational 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
Main RouteCycling route125 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs
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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
6,294 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,294 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rook · Wren · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird +37
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Rat +3
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Yellow Meadow Ant · Hairy Spider Weevil · Agriotes obscurus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
- Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2023
- Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2023
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,294 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rook · Wren · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird +37
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Rat +3
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Yellow Meadow Ant · Hairy Spider Weevil · Agriotes obscurus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
- Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2023
- Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus2023
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022