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Townland Plantation

31 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 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
🅿️Parking 362m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 362m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

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 — Yellowhammer, Chiffchaff, Linnet +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Chiffchaff, Linnet +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dock Bug · last seen 2023; Insects — Dock Bug · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

London to Walsingham - stage 10Walking route

Named routeRef LW10Local walking route

Walsingham WayWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Heath Roadbridleway · 49 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 49 mSurface groundPath type: track

Heath Roadbridleway · 190 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 190 mSurface grassPath type: track

Heath Roadbridleway · 331 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 331 mSurface grassPath type: track

Heath Roadbridleway · 152 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 152 mSurface groundPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

3,225 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,225 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Gadwall · Grey Wagtail · Chiffchaff · Mandarin Duck · Green Woodpecker +60

GadwallMareca strepera
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SiskinSpinus spinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TealAnas crecca
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn OwlTyto alba
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
SwiftApus apus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CootFulica atra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Water RailRallus aquaticus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2024

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,225 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Gadwall · Grey Wagtail · Chiffchaff · Mandarin Duck · Green Woodpecker +60

GadwallMareca strepera
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SiskinSpinus spinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TealAnas crecca
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JackdawColoeus monedula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Barn OwlTyto alba
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
SwiftApus apus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CootFulica atra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Water RailRallus aquaticus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2024

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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