Fifteen Acre Plantation - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.19039, 0.48856
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,506 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,506 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jackdaw · Wren · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Great Tit +31
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +2
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Azure Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Hawthorn · Dog-rose · Cleavers · Ivy · Common Nettle +51
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- CleaversGalium aparine
- IvyHedera helix
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- PoplarPopulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,506 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jackdaw · Wren · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Great Tit +31
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +2
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Azure Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Hawthorn · Dog-rose · Cleavers · Ivy · Common Nettle +51
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- CleaversGalium aparine
- IvyHedera helix
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- PoplarPopulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023Bladder Campion
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Silene vulgaris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCherryPrunusCherryPrunusDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansDockRumexDockRumexHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSow ThistleSonchusSow ThistleSonchusHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataElmUlmusElmUlmusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumHazelCorylusHazelCorylusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraColumbineAquilegiaColumbineAquilegiaWillowherbEpilobiumWillowherbEpilobiumSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusHorsetailEquisetumHorsetailEquisetumCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaBrambleRubusBrambleRubusPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaClustered DockRumex conglomeratusClustered DockRumex conglomeratusPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburHop TrefoilTrifolium campestreHop TrefoilTrifolium campestreFlaxLinum usitatissimumFlaxLinum usitatissimumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusKnapweedCentaureaKnapweedCentaureaMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisGreat BromeAnisantha diandraGreat BromeAnisantha diandraHollyhockAlcea roseaHollyhockAlcea roseaOakQuercusOakQuercusWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataUpright BromeBromopsis erectaUpright BromeBromopsis erectaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestre