Halfmoon Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.29041, 0.47314
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Lark Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route
Freckenham Circular WalkWalking 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
National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
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
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
5,764 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,764 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Robin +10
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger
Slow-worm
Pantaloon Bee · Field Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta · Delia platura · 16-spot Ladybird +109
- Pantaloon BeeDasypoda hirtipes2023
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Delia platuraDelia platura2023
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Stork's-bill · Viper's-bugloss · Common Centaury · Bee Orchid
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,764 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Robin +10
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger
Slow-worm
Pantaloon Bee · Field Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta · Delia platura · 16-spot Ladybird +109
- Pantaloon BeeDasypoda hirtipes2023
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Delia platuraDelia platura2023
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Stork's-bill · Viper's-bugloss · Common Centaury · Bee Orchid
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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