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Lodge Plantation

10 ha

WildlifeBirdsForaging

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 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
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Wild Thyme, Dropwort +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, White Campion, Hound's-tongue +89 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, White Campion, Hound's-tongue +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Nature TrailWalking route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmLocal walking route

Beowulf & Grendel TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lake TrailWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route

Lark Valley PathWalking route

Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route217 m

Named routeRef 51Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route426 m

Named routeRef 51Length 426 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.8 km

Named routeRef 51Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 51Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

9,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge +64

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RookCorvus frugilegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
CootFulica atra2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2024

Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Muntjac

Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects17 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug +12

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2023
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2023
Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2023

🌿

Plants93 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · White Campion · Hound's-tongue · Harebell · Yarrow +88

Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
White CampionSilene latifolia
Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2023
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2023
Garden AsparagusAsparagus officinalis2023
Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Horseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosa2023
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2023
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2023
SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2023
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2023
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
White BryonyBryonia dioica2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2023
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Hoary PlantainPlantago media2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2023
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Military OrchidOrchis militaris
White PoplarPopulus alba
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Little Mouse-earCerastium semidecandrum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2024
WatercressNasturtium officinale2024
Bur MedickMedicago minima2024
Small NettleUrtica urens2024
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2024
Small CudweedLogfia minima2024
Breckland ThymeThymus serpyllum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
Lesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minus2023
OakQuercus2023
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023
Quaking-grassBriza media2023
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2023
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2023
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2023
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2023
PigweedAmaranthus2023
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Field-roseRosa arvensis2023
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2023
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023
Fat-henChenopodium album2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2023
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2023
HopHumulus lupulus2023
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge +64

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RookCorvus frugilegus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
CootFulica atra2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2024

Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Muntjac

Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects17 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug +12

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2023
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2023
Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2023

🌿

Plants93 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · White Campion · Hound's-tongue · Harebell · Yarrow +88

Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
White CampionSilene latifolia
Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2023
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium2023
Garden AsparagusAsparagus officinalis2023
Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2023
WeldReseda luteola2023
Horseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosa2023
Wild ThymeThymus drucei2023
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2023
SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica2023
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2023
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2023
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
White BryonyBryonia dioica2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2023
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha2023
Curled DockRumex crispus2023
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Hoary PlantainPlantago media2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2023
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2023
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Military OrchidOrchis militaris
White PoplarPopulus alba
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Little Mouse-earCerastium semidecandrum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2024
WatercressNasturtium officinale2024
Bur MedickMedicago minima2024
Small NettleUrtica urens2024
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2024
Small CudweedLogfia minima2024
Breckland ThymeThymus serpyllum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
Lesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minus2023
OakQuercus2023
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2023
Quaking-grassBriza media2023
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2023
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2023
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2023
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2023
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2023
PigweedAmaranthus2023
Upright BromeBromopsis erecta2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Field-roseRosa arvensis2023
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2023
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023
Fat-henChenopodium album2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2023
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2023
HopHumulus lupulus2023
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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