Six Acre Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.47334, 0.36808
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Ely to King's Lynn)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 4 (Brandon Creek to King’s Lynn)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
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2,922 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,922 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mallard · House Sparrow · Linnet · Wren · Whitethroat +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Otter · Chinese Water Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +9
- BumblebeeBombus2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,922 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mallard · House Sparrow · Linnet · Wren · Whitethroat +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Otter · Chinese Water Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +9
- BumblebeeBombus2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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