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Round Plantation

2 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.17751, 0.34422

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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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Red-legged Partridge, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Red-legged Partridge, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +139 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +139 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Blackthorn +7 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Peacock +15 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Peacock +15 more · last seen 2021

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

3,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Red-legged Partridge · Chaffinch · Wren · Dunnock +23

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Red Fox · Stoat · Fallow Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
StoatMustela erminea
Fallow DeerDama dama

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Red-legged Partridge · Chaffinch · Wren · Dunnock +23

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Red Fox · Stoat · Fallow Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
StoatMustela erminea
Fallow DeerDama dama

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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