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Clint Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

7 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

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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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km

Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route

Middy Railway FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Haggar Lanepublic footpath · 618 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 618 mSurface groundPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route

Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route

Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km

Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 40Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 30Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,478 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,478 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Wren +23

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Early-purple Orchid · Marsh Lousewort

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,478 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Wren +23

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BuzzardButeo buteo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Early-purple Orchid · Marsh Lousewort

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Marsh LousewortPedicularis palustris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Geographer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footpath to Clint Road & entrance to Thorndon Play Area

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