Broadleaved woodland near Holbeach St Matthew
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.84724, 0.11237
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 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route716 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 716 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 5.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route977 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 977 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Red-legged Partridge · Mallard · Pheasant · Blue Tit · Grey Partridge +32
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common GullLarus canus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
daffodils · Snowdrop · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Common Feather-moss +100
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2020
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2020
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Red-legged Partridge · Mallard · Pheasant · Blue Tit · Grey Partridge +32
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common GullLarus canus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
daffodils · Snowdrop · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Common Feather-moss +100
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2020
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2020
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas