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Bunkershill Plantation

62 ha

📷 Charles Greenhough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome62 ha

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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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Andrion regensteinense +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Musk-mallow, Small Scabious, Small Cudweed +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Musk-mallow, Small Scabious, Small Cudweed +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lynford Stag WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Green Walk (Easy Access)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blue WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Desert Rats Memorial WalkWalking route

Named route

Desert Rats Memorial Walk Easy Access TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km

The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.

Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

36,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +47

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +47

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Mole

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Charles Greenhough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦LYNFORD HALLHistoric site2.7 km→🐄Brown's RestaurantVisitor farm4 km→✦Lynford Arboretum FollyHistoric site2.2 km→⛪St Leonard's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→💧Lynford Upper LakeReservoir2.6 km→💧Lynford Lower LakeReservoir3.1 km→

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Nearby reservoirs

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Lynford Upper Lake

Lynford Arboretum - Below Lynford Hall

Not High (England Use Only)2.6 km→

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