Six Acre Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.47409, 0.35389
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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
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,800 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2024▾
Mallard · Linnet · Kestrel · Magpie · Tree Sparrow +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- PigeonColumba2021
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Otter · Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle
- OtterLutra lutra
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee +6
- BumblebeeBombus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Fig-leaved Goosefoot · Field Bindweed · daffodils · Spear Thistle · Common Chickweed +26
- Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,800 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2024▾
Mallard · Linnet · Kestrel · Magpie · Tree Sparrow +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- PigeonColumba2021
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Otter · Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle
- OtterLutra lutra
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee +6
- BumblebeeBombus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Fig-leaved Goosefoot · Field Bindweed · daffodils · Spear Thistle · Common Chickweed +26
- Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestrisField Cuckoo BeeBombus campestrisBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumEphemera vulgataEphemera vulgataEphemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20212-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumFat DuckweedLemna gibbaFat DuckweedLemna gibbaHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareCharlockSinapis arvensisCharlockSinapis arvensisHemlockConium maculatumHemlockConium maculatumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureum