Combeshead Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
36 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
50.70193, -4.28798
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
Signed route nearby
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,702 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,702 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Swallow · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- 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
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Glow-worm · Four-spotted Chaser · Emerald Damselfly +13
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
- Small Red Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,702 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Swallow · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- 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
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Glow-worm · Four-spotted Chaser · Emerald Damselfly +13
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
- Small Red Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ceriagrion tenellum2023
Ceriagrion tenellum2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaHarmonia 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 BeetleMeloe2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Events & activities nearby
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