Hazel Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 8 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 8 ha
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52.06976, 1.10401
Open directionsv 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 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Chickweed, Common Nettle, Dandelion +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Yorkshire-fog, Yarrow +87 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Stour & Orwell Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Fonnereau Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Fynn Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Gipping Valley River Path Walking route ▾
154 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 10B Local cycle route
Show on map NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, Ipswich Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
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✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
14,704 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,704 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard · Wren +34
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Redwing Turdus iliacus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Speckled Bush-cricket · Polydrusus formosus +6
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Syrphus Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Common Chickweed · Yarrow · Creeping Cinquefoil +47
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Common Chickweed Stellaria media Yarrow Achillea millefolium Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Red Fescue Festuca rubra Daisy Bellis perennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,704 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard · Wren +34
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Redwing Turdus iliacus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Speckled Bush-cricket · Polydrusus formosus +6
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Syrphus Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Common Chickweed · Yarrow · Creeping Cinquefoil +47
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Common Chickweed Stellaria media Yarrow Achillea millefolium Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Red Fescue Festuca rubra Daisy Bellis perennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Ragwort Senecio
Ragwort Senecio
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria2025
Euonymus fortunei Euonymus fortunei
Euonymus fortunei Euonymus fortunei
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Oak Quercus
Oak Quercus
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Yew Taxus baccata
Yew Taxus baccata
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Linden Tilia
Linden Tilia
Portugal Laurel Prunus lusitanica
Portugal Laurel Prunus lusitanica
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Laburnham Laburnum anagyroides
Laburnham Laburnum anagyroides
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Common Ivy Hedera helix subsp. helix
Common Ivy Hedera helix subsp. helix
Veronica cupressoides Veronica cupressoides
Veronica cupressoides Veronica cupressoides
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Weld Reseda luteola
Weld Reseda luteola
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Lawson Cypress Cupressus lawsoniana
Lawson Cypress Cupressus lawsoniana
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia2025
Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia2025
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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