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Commongate Plantation

21 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Campsite

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Gooseberry, Garlic Mustard +35 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Magpie, Moorhen, Swallow +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Moorhen, Swallow +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +109 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +109 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Goat's-beard, Hairy Tare, Japanese Knotweed +274 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Goat's-beard, Hairy Tare, Japanese Knotweed +274 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 155Cycling route

Named routeRef 155National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route131 m

Named routeRef 155Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.5 km

Named routeRef 155Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route436 m

Named routeRef 155Length 436 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route710 m

Named routeRef 155Length 710 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route592 m

Named routeRef 155Length 592 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,459 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,459 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

autumn

2025

Moorhen · Swallow · Redstart · Woodpigeon · Waxwing +23

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects69 species

summer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Epistrophe grossulariae · Volucella pellucens +64

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
SyrphusSyrphus2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2023
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024
Pegomya laticornisPegomya laticornis2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2024
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2024
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2023
NeoasciaNeoascia2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2023
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023
Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2023
DolerusDolerus2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023

🌿

Plants10 species

springsummer

2025

Goat's-beard · Common Cudweed · Welted Thistle · Common Sedge · Procumbent Pearlwort +5

Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Eared WillowSalix aurita2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,459 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

autumn

2025

Moorhen · Swallow · Redstart · Woodpigeon · Waxwing +23

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
BuzzardButeo buteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects69 species

summer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Epistrophe grossulariae · Volucella pellucens +64

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
SyrphusSyrphus2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023
Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2023
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024
Pegomya laticornisPegomya laticornis2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2024
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2024
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2023
NeoasciaNeoascia2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2023
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023
Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum2023
DolerusDolerus2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023

🌿

Plants10 species

springsummer

2025

Goat's-beard · Common Cudweed · Welted Thistle · Common Sedge · Procumbent Pearlwort +5

Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2024
Common SedgeCarex nigra2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Eared WillowSalix aurita2023
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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