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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.03442, 0.46989
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Blue Tit +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Blue Tit +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ground-ivy, Ivy, Daisy +39 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Ground-ivy, Ivy, Daisy +39 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +26 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +26 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Elder, Red Dead-nettle, Wild Strawberry +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Turpin's Trail 3Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Turpin's Trail 2Walking route▾
Second of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
3,408 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,408 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Song Thrush · Redwing · Green Woodpecker · Blue Tit +40
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- HoopoeUpupa epops2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Ringlet +8
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,408 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Song Thrush · Redwing · Green Woodpecker · Blue Tit +40
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- HoopoeUpupa epops2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Ringlet +8
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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