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Pasture House Plantation

1 ha

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

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 — Barn Owl, Bittern, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Bittern, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Reed, Shining Pondweed, Creeping Thistle +34 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Common Reed, Shining Pondweed, Creeping Thistle +34 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Elder, Meadowsweet +3 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Comma, Poplar Borer +13 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Meadow Brown, Comma, Poplar Borer +13 more · last seen 2020

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Airfield CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🌿

Plants139 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · Autumn Hawkbit · Shepherd's-purse · Sycamore · Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea +134

Common NettleUrtica dioica
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Field MapleAcer campestre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Fat-henChenopodium album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
ElderSambucus nigra
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
White CampionSilene latifolia
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Common OracheAtriplex patula
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
DandelionTaraxacum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
OatAvena sativa
OsierSalix viminalis
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
HemlockConium maculatum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Field PansyViola arvensis
BeetBeta vulgaris
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
HopHumulus lupulus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans
AshFraxinus excelsior
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
IvyHedera helix
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis
Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
AppleMalus domestica
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
AspenPopulus tremula
DaisyBellis perennis
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common CouchElymus repens
Red CampionSilene dioica
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
White WillowSalix alba
Small NettleUrtica urens
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'
PigweedAmaranthus
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,551 records · National Biodiversity Network

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🌿

Plants139 species

summer

2025

Common Nettle · Autumn Hawkbit · Shepherd's-purse · Sycamore · Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea +134

Common NettleUrtica dioica
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Field MapleAcer campestre
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Fat-henChenopodium album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
ElderSambucus nigra
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
White CampionSilene latifolia
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Common OracheAtriplex patula
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
White Dead-nettleLamium album
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
DandelionTaraxacum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
OatAvena sativa
OsierSalix viminalis
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
HemlockConium maculatum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Field PansyViola arvensis
BeetBeta vulgaris
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
HopHumulus lupulus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
Reflexed Saltmarsh-GrassPuccinellia distans
AshFraxinus excelsior
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
IvyHedera helix
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis
Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
AppleMalus domestica
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
AspenPopulus tremula
DaisyBellis perennis
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common CouchElymus repens
Red CampionSilene dioica
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
White WillowSalix alba
Small NettleUrtica urens
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Lombardy-PoplarPopulus nigra 'Italica'
PigweedAmaranthus
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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