Grove Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
14 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
50.69567, -4.29957
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
7,494 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Glow-worm · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Four-spotted Chaser · Small Red Damselfly +13
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023
- Azure Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Glow-worm · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Four-spotted Chaser · Small Red Damselfly +13
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023
- Azure Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenagrion puella2023
Coenagrion puella2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Water ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024