Fen Rows - Conifer woodland
62 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome62 ha
Getting here
52.11438, 1.42240
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
- £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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sandlings WalkWalking route89 km▾
Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Rendlesham Forest UFO TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Regional cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking TrailMountain bike route10 km▾
Single track mountain bike route through Tunstall Forest
Named routeLength 10 kmRound trip
Tang TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Path through the forest south of Bentwaters
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Wildlife to spot
9,738 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Skylark · Wren +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Ringlet · Small White +31
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Musk-mallow · Red Oak · Dwarf Mallow · Rosebay Willowherb · Hound's-tongue +7
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Red OakQuercus rubra
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Skylark · Wren +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Ringlet · Small White +31
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Musk-mallow · Red Oak · Dwarf Mallow · Rosebay Willowherb · Hound's-tongue +7
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Red OakQuercus rubra
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSmall HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2024Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2024Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2024Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2024Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2024Red Banded Sand WaspAmmophila sabulosa2024Red Banded Sand WaspAmmophila sabulosa2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024White PoplarPopulus albaWhite PoplarPopulus albaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusBird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2024Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2024Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2024Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2024Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum2024Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum2024