Sawtry Field Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.45035, -0.30085
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,551 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,551 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Hobby · Raven · Grey Wagtail · Rook +38
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Red Fox +2
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
Box Bug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Bright Four-spined Legionnaire · Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae · Yellow Mealworm Beetle +7
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii
- Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escaleraeDicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae
- Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
- Agallia consobrinaAgallia consobrina
Daisy · Common Mallow · Bristly Oxtongue · Elder
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,551 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Hobby · Raven · Grey Wagtail · Rook +38
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Red Fox +2
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey Squirrel
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
Box Bug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Bright Four-spined Legionnaire · Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae · Yellow Mealworm Beetle +7
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii
- Dicyphus (Dicyphus) escaleraeDicyphus (Dicyphus) escalerae
- Yellow Mealworm BeetleTenebrio molitor
- Agallia consobrinaAgallia consobrina
Daisy · Common Mallow · Bristly Oxtongue · Elder
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis2022
Sciurus carolinensis2022
OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra2022Ivy Boring Beetle
Ivy Boring Beetle
Ochina ptinoides
Ochina ptinoides
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaElder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuciElder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuciTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiLily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Events & activities nearby
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