Foxburrow Plantation - Mixed woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.27915, 0.42682
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Freckenham Circular WalkWalking route▾
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route50 m▾
Named routeLength 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
14,644 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,644 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Platycheirus peltatus agg. · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Brown Hawker · Common Darter +44
- Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Cambridge Milk-parsley · Pepper-saxifrage · Devil's-bit Scabious · Bittersweet · Hedge Woundwort +1
- Cambridge Milk-parsleySelinum carvifolia
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,644 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Platycheirus peltatus agg. · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Brown Hawker · Common Darter +44
- Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Cambridge Milk-parsley · Pepper-saxifrage · Devil's-bit Scabious · Bittersweet · Hedge Woundwort +1
- Cambridge Milk-parsleySelinum carvifolia
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
