Ash Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.22862, -0.20404
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
Pathfinder WayWalking route74 km▾
Circular walk taking in some of the WWII Bomber bases
Named routeLength 74 kmLocal walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route HDC 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 10Local cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route HDC 9iiiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiiLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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2,549 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,549 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Rook · Blackcap · Garden Warbler · Corn Bunting +32
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Great TitParus major2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Red Fox · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer +3
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +24
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- BumblebeeBombus2023
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
- Bombus lucorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,549 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Rook · Blackcap · Garden Warbler · Corn Bunting +32
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Great TitParus major2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Red Fox · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer +3
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +24
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- BumblebeeBombus2023
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
- Bombus lucorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
BadgerMeles meles2022BadgerMeles meles2022Bombus lucorum2023
Bombus lucorum2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Magdalis armigeraMagdalis armigera2023Magdalis armigeraMagdalis armigera2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2023Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2023Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2023Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2023Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2023Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2023Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2023Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2023Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2023Duckweed WeevilTanysphyrus lemnae2023Duckweed WeevilTanysphyrus lemnae2023Osphya bipunctataOsphya bipunctata2023Osphya bipunctataOsphya bipunctata2023