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Gallowsfield Wood

7 ha

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52.21476, 0.96159

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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
🅿️Parking 441m away — 16 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 441m away — 16 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Closterotomus trivialis, Helophilus pendulus +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Closterotomus trivialis, Helophilus pendulus +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km

Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route

Middy Railway FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Gipping Valley River PathWalking route

Named route

London Lanepublic footpath · 533 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 533 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route65 m

Named routeRef 51Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 51Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route60 m

Named routeRef 51Length 60 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route56 m

Named routeRef 51Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 51Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Wildlife to spot

4,274 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,274 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Rook +72

JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
NuthatchSitta europaea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Coal TitPeriparus ater
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
CootFulica atra
Red KiteMilvus milvus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SwiftApus apus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
RavenCorvus corax
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GadwallMareca strepera

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects23 species

springsummer

2025

Western Honey Bee · Closterotomus trivialis · Helophilus pendulus · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +18

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens

🌿

Plants7 species

springsummer

2025

Creeping Thistle · Great Willowherb · Common Spotted-orchid · Meadowsweet · Black Bryony +2

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Black BryonyTamus communis
PignutConopodium majus
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,274 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Rook +72

JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
NuthatchSitta europaea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Coal TitPeriparus ater
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WhitethroatCurruca communis
CootFulica atra
Red KiteMilvus milvus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SwiftApus apus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
RavenCorvus corax
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GadwallMareca strepera

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects23 species

springsummer

2025

Western Honey Bee · Closterotomus trivialis · Helophilus pendulus · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +18

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens

🌿

Plants7 species

springsummer

2025

Creeping Thistle · Great Willowherb · Common Spotted-orchid · Meadowsweet · Black Bryony +2

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Black BryonyTamus communis
PignutConopodium majus
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Eastbound A14, Layby near Gallows Fields

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