Potters Crouch Plantations - Mixed woodland
18 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.73184, -0.40456
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
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Ver Valley Walk 5Walking route▾
The Three Burys Walk
Named routeRef Ver5Local walking route
Ver Valley Walk 7Walking route▾
The Watermeadow Walk
Named routeRef Ver 7Local walking route
Ver Valley Walk 8Walking route▾
The Confluence Walk
Named routeRef Ver 8Local walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
St Albans Green RingCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Verulamium Park Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,394 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,394 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Pheasant +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Stoat · Noctule · Grey Squirrel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Rutpela maculata · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Wasp Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +19
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Goat's-rue
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,394 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Pheasant +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Stoat · Noctule · Grey Squirrel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Rutpela maculata · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Wasp Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +19
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Goat's-rue
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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