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Sproughton Playing Field

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52.05991, 1.09813

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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 — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Mallard +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Mallard +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Chickweed, Common Nettle, Dandelion +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Creeping Thistle +74 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Creeping Thistle +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Red-legged Shieldbug +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Red-legged Shieldbug +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Fonnereau WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Fynn Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Gipping Valley River PathWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

142 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

2ACycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 10BCycling route

Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route

NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,821 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,821 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Dunnock · Wren +27

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Norfolk Aeshna · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket +8

Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
SyrphusSyrphus
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

🌿

Plants64 species

winter

2026

Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · Common Chickweed +59

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Red FescueFestuca rubra
DaisyBellis perennis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
CleaversGalium aparine
DandelionTaraxacum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
RagwortSenecio
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Euonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortunei
OakQuercus
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Dog-roseRosa canina
YewTaxus baccata
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
LindenTilia
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
HazelCorylus avellana
BrambleRubus fruticosus
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Veronica cupressoidesVeronica cupressoides
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
WeldReseda luteola
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,821 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Dunnock · Wren +27

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Norfolk Aeshna · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket +8

Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
SyrphusSyrphus
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

🌿

Plants64 species

winter

2026

Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · Common Chickweed +59

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Red FescueFestuca rubra
DaisyBellis perennis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
CleaversGalium aparine
DandelionTaraxacum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
RagwortSenecio
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Euonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortunei
OakQuercus
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Dog-roseRosa canina
YewTaxus baccata
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
LindenTilia
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
HazelCorylus avellana
BrambleRubus fruticosus
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Veronica cupressoidesVeronica cupressoides
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
WeldReseda luteola
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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