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Ten Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

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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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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8 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, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Yellow Vetchling, Crimson-tuber Thread-moss, Cuspidate Earth-moss +80 more · last seen 2017

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small White +32 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small White +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

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

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot · last seen 2011; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot · last seen 2011

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Gipping Valley River PathWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

South Suffolk Cycle Route A1Cycling route

Named routeRef A1Regional cycle route

Route 48Cycling route

Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route179 m

Named routeRef 51Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 51Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route378 m

Named routeRef 51Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Rook +63

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SwiftApus apus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2019
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2011
SwallowHirundo rustica2011
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2016
RavenCorvus corax2016
Little OwlAthene noctua2012
LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2011

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +6

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2018
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles2021
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2014
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2014
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2011

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2019

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects35 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Small Heath · Large White +30

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015
Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellio
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2013
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2010

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2011

Sycamore Tarspot

Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum

🌿

Plants95 species

winter

2017

Yellow Vetchling · Sycamore · Cuspidate Earth-moss · Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Common Broomrape +90

Yellow VetchlingLathyrus aphaca
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2016
Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2012
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2012
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2012
Raspberry BryumBryum klinggraeffii2012
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana2012
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2012
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2012
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
CowslipPrimula veris
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2010
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Black BryonyTamus communis
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Hairy VioletViola hirta
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Floerke's PhascumMicrobryum floerkeanum2012
Pill BryumBryum violaceum2012
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2012
Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2012
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2012
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2012
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2012
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2012
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2012
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2012
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2012
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2012
Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus2012
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2012
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2012
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2012
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2012
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2012
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2012
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2012
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2012
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2012
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2012
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2012
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2012
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2012
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2012
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2012
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2012
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2012
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2012
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2012
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2012
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2012
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2012
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2012
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2012
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2012
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2012
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2012
Flabby Thread-mossBryum moravicum2012
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2011
Water CressNasturtium officinale2011
AshFraxinus excelsior2016
Field MapleAcer campestre2016
SprucePicea2016
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2016
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2016
ElmUlmus2016
HollyIlex aquifolium2016
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2012
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2012
Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis2012
Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme2012
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2012
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2012
WatercressNasturtium officinale2010
White MignonetteReseda alba2010
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Rook +63

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SwiftApus apus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2019
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2018
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2011
SwallowHirundo rustica2011
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Common GullLarus canus2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2016
RavenCorvus corax2016
Little OwlAthene noctua2012
LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2011

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +6

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2018
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles2021
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2014
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2014
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2011

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2019

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects35 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Small Heath · Large White +30

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015
Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellio
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2014
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2013
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2010

🍄

Fungi1 species

spring

2011

Sycamore Tarspot

Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum

🌿

Plants95 species

winter

2017

Yellow Vetchling · Sycamore · Cuspidate Earth-moss · Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Common Broomrape +90

Yellow VetchlingLathyrus aphaca
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2016
Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2012
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2012
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2012
Raspberry BryumBryum klinggraeffii2012
Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana2012
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2012
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2012
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
CowslipPrimula veris
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2010
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Black BryonyTamus communis
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Hairy VioletViola hirta
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
Floerke's PhascumMicrobryum floerkeanum2012
Pill BryumBryum violaceum2012
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2012
Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2012
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2012
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2012
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2012
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2012
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2012
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2012
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2012
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2012
Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus2012
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2012
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2012
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2012
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2012
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2012
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2012
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2012
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2012
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2012
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2012
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2012
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2012
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2012
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2012
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2012
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2012
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2012
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2012
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax2012
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2012
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2012
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2012
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2012
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2012
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2012
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2012
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2012
Flabby Thread-mossBryum moravicum2012
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2011
Water CressNasturtium officinale2011
AshFraxinus excelsior2016
Field MapleAcer campestre2016
SprucePicea2016
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2016
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2016
ElmUlmus2016
HollyIlex aquifolium2016
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2012
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2012
Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis2012
Hypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme2012
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2012
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2012
WatercressNasturtium officinale2010
White MignonetteReseda alba2010
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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