Nightingale Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.92651, -0.49760
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
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 public paths 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
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Wildlife to spot
4,226 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,226 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Whitethroat · Dunnock · Skylark +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Darter +28
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Common Feather-moss · Sherard's Downy-rose · Rough-stalked Feather-moss
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,226 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Whitethroat · Dunnock · Skylark +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Darter +28
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Common Feather-moss · Sherard's Downy-rose · Rough-stalked Feather-moss
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
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 variegataViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Gastrophysa 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 luctuosusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusFine Streaked BugkinMiris striatusFine Streaked BugkinMiris striatusVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansEssex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Events & activities nearby
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