Long Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.90684, -0.49762
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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
- 🌿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 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
1 signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Short Hollowrestricted byway · 241 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 241 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
4,824 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,824 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Skylark · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Pheasant +26
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Small White · Common Darter +28
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Sherard's Downy-rose
- Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,824 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Skylark · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Pheasant +26
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Small White · Common Darter +28
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Sherard's Downy-rose
- Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaForget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosusForget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisMarbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Events & activities nearby
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