Bonnetts Wood - Sparse woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.53440, 0.24112
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 24)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Accessible Route, Rainham HallWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mLocal walking route
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
77,967 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
77,967 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Long-tailed Tit · Redwing · Magpie +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CootFulica atra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- TealAnas crecca
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
16-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- 22-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,967 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Long-tailed Tit · Redwing · Magpie +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CootFulica atra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- TealAnas crecca
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
16-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- 22-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataEvents & activities nearby
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