Sandpit Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.31104, 1.41922
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 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route339 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 339 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,271 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,271 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Whitethroat · Dunnock · Robin · Blue Tit +34
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common GullLarus canus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Great Green Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Willow Clubhorn · Azure Damselfly +3
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Willow ClubhornCimbex luteus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Hornbeam · Pedunculate Oak · Red Campion · Black Bryony · Bugle +27
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Black BryonyTamus communis2025
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,271 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Whitethroat · Dunnock · Robin · Blue Tit +34
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common GullLarus canus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Great Green Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Willow Clubhorn · Azure Damselfly +3
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Willow ClubhornCimbex luteus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Hornbeam · Pedunculate Oak · Red Campion · Black Bryony · Bugle +27
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Black BryonyTamus communis2025
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrochroa serraticornis
Pyrochroa serraticornis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaDock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Milk ThistleSilybum marianum2025Milk ThistleSilybum marianum2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2025Garden LobeliaLobelia erinus2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025Rosy GarlicAllium roseum2025Rosy GarlicAllium roseum2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Events & activities nearby
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