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Theberton Woods

24 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +84 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Ragged-Robin, Lesser Spearwort +55 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Ragged-Robin, Lesser Spearwort +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Norfolk Aeshna, Common Darter +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Norfolk Aeshna, Common Darter +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Spear Mint, Alexanders

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sandlings WalkWalking route89 km

Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km

Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route

Grey Trail, Dunwich HeathWalking route1.6 km

Mixed terrain, with some uneven slopes and exposed tree roots. Please wear appropriate footwear for the terrain. Dogs on leads March 1st to August 31st.

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Orange Trail, Dunwich HeathWalking route4.8 km

The longest trail with heathland, woodland and grassland, filled with nature. Mixed terrain, with some uneven slopes and exposed tree roots. Please wear appropriate footwear. Dogs on leads March 1st to August 31st.

Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

Pink Trail, Dunwich HeathWalking route3.2 km

Trail has the best views of the heath, and best chance of spotting our main bird species here. The site has mixed terrain, with some uneven slopes and exposed tree roots. Please wear appropriate footwear. Dogs on leads March 1st to August 31st.

Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42Regional cycle route

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

27,394 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,394 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit +86

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwallowHirundo rustica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwiftApus apus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
CootFulica atra2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022

🦌

Mammals12 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +7

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
BadgerMeles meles2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Southern Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly +22

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Pleasant SawflyTenthredo amoena
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2023
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022

🌿

Plants58 species

summer

2025

Common Spotted-orchid · Ragged-Robin · Lesser Spearwort · False Fox-sedge · Greater Butterfly-orchid +53

Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha
FigwortScrophularia2024
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2023
Awned Canary-grassPhalaris paradoxa2023
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2022
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2024
Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum2024
BurdockArctium2024
Spear MintMentha spicata2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
St. John's-WortHypericum2024
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2023
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2023
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Black MustardBrassica nigra2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2023
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2023
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2023
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2023
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2023
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2023
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2023
Euphorbia esulaEuphorbia esula2023
Field PepperwortLepidium campestre2023
LarkspurConsolida ajacis2023
Black BryonyTamus communis2023
Globe ArtichokeCynara cardunculus2023
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2023
Harsh Downy-roseRosa tomentosa2023
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023
Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2023
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2023
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2023
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2023
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022
MistletoeViscum album2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,394 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit +86

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SwallowHirundo rustica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwiftApus apus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RookCorvus frugilegus
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
CootFulica atra2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022

🦌

Mammals12 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +7

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
BadgerMeles meles2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Southern Hawker · Norfolk Aeshna · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly +22

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Pleasant SawflyTenthredo amoena
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2023
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022

🌿

Plants58 species

summer

2025

Common Spotted-orchid · Ragged-Robin · Lesser Spearwort · False Fox-sedge · Greater Butterfly-orchid +53

Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha
FigwortScrophularia2024
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula2023
Awned Canary-grassPhalaris paradoxa2023
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2022
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2024
Sea-hollyEryngium maritimum2024
BurdockArctium2024
Spear MintMentha spicata2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
St. John's-WortHypericum2024
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2024
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2023
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2023
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Black MustardBrassica nigra2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2023
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2023
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2023
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2023
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2023
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2023
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2023
Euphorbia esulaEuphorbia esula2023
Field PepperwortLepidium campestre2023
LarkspurConsolida ajacis2023
Black BryonyTamus communis2023
Globe ArtichokeCynara cardunculus2023
Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2023
Harsh Downy-roseRosa tomentosa2023
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2023
Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2023
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2023
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2023
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2023
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022
MistletoeViscum album2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roger Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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