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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.04226, 1.11916
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Dyer's Diner and Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Dyer's Diner and Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Blackthorn +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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▾
162 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
Alton Water LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
22,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,478 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Mallard · Canada Goose · Blackbird · Blue Tit +29
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew · Rat spp.
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Rat spp.Rattus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Banded Demoiselle · Black-tailed Skimmer · Broad-bodied Chaser · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +17
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Emperor Dragonfly
🌿Plants46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cleavers · Oak · Bramble · Dock · Creeping Thistle +41
- CleaversGalium aparine
- OakQuercus
- BrambleRubus
- DockRumex
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,478 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Mallard · Canada Goose · Blackbird · Blue Tit +29
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew · Rat spp.
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Rat spp.Rattus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Banded Demoiselle · Black-tailed Skimmer · Broad-bodied Chaser · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +17
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Emperor Dragonfly
🌿Plants46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cleavers · Oak · Bramble · Dock · Creeping Thistle +41
- CleaversGalium aparine
- OakQuercus
- BrambleRubus
- DockRumex
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusBirchBetulaBirchBetulaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaBird's-Foot-TrefoilLotusBird's-Foot-TrefoilLotusGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaAngelicaAngelicaAngelicaAngelicaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaIndian Horse-chestnutAesculus indicaIndian Horse-chestnutAesculus indicaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburTree-of-heavenAilanthus altissimaTree-of-heavenAilanthus altissimaWalnutJuglans regiaWalnutJuglans regiaBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBird's-footOrnithopus perpusillusBird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus