Pheasant Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.21624, 0.09668
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 km19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers)Walking route3.7 km▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named routeLength 3.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
120 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
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Coton CyclewayCycling route▾
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Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
64,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Phaonia subventa · Red-belted Cleaver · Black Clock +5
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Daisy · Primrose +25
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- DaisyBellis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Phaonia subventa · Red-belted Cleaver · Black Clock +5
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Daisy · Primrose +25
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- DaisyBellis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiSmall TeaselDipsacus pilosusSmall TeaselDipsacus pilosusLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumSiberian SquillScilla sibericaSiberian SquillScilla sibericaSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaBee OrchidOphrys apiferaBee OrchidOphrys apifera