Moated site in Beeton's Plantation
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.16392, 0.49518
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lecanora horiza, Pertusaria pertusa, Rhizocarpon reductum +41 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Garden Bumblebee, Platycheirus manicatus, Vestal Cuckoo Bee +70 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Burnet-saxifrage, Forked Veilwort, Dilated Scalewort +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,740 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,740 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +25
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Painted Lady · Large White · Rosemary Beetle · Helophilus pendulus · Small White +4
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Field Maple · Common Nettle · Hairy-brome · Dilated Scalewort · Lords-and-Ladies +78
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2021
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2021
- HazelCorylus avellana2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,740 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +25
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Painted Lady · Large White · Rosemary Beetle · Helophilus pendulus · Small White +4
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Field Maple · Common Nettle · Hairy-brome · Dilated Scalewort · Lords-and-Ladies +78
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2021
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2021
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2021
- HazelCorylus avellana2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
