Millfield Wood
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.02043, 0.91213
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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
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Rowan, Raspberry +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Japanese Knotweed, Male-fern +162 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Stag Beetle, Gatekeeper +68 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Stag Beetle, Gatekeeper +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
St Edmund WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 142kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Suffolk Cycle Route A1Cycling route▾
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South Suffolk Route BCycling route▾
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Route 48Cycling route▾
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South Suffolk Cycle Route ACycling route▾
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South Suffolk Cycle Route A2 (Bures Loop)Cycling route▾
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South Suffolk Cycle Route A3 (Boxford Link)Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,532 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,532 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +39
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Common GullLarus canus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Stag Beetle · White-legged Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Eristalis +4
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
- EristalisEristalis2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Japanese Knotweed · Bee Orchid · Black Nightshade · Epilobium brachycarpum · Goat's-rue +7
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Epilobium brachycarpumEpilobium brachycarpum
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- Green Alkanet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,532 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +39
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Common GullLarus canus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Stag Beetle · White-legged Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Eristalis +4
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
- EristalisEristalis2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Japanese Knotweed · Bee Orchid · Black Nightshade · Epilobium brachycarpum · Goat's-rue +7
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Epilobium brachycarpumEpilobium brachycarpum
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis
- Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
- Green Alkanet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Pentaglottis sempervirens
HonestyLunaria annuaHonestyLunaria annuaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraMoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2023Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Events & activities nearby
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