Rettendon Shaw - Woodland plantation
3 ha
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.64451, 0.55206
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Workhouse Lanebridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
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Houses, Main Road, Rettendon
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Wildlife to spot
2,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,136 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Magpie · Robin · Pied Wagtail +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Nettle Weevil · Box Tree Moth · Rosemary Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle +6
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,136 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Magpie · Robin · Pied Wagtail +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Nettle Weevil · Box Tree Moth · Rosemary Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle +6
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major2023
Bombylius major2023
HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2021Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2021Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2020Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2020Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2020Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2020Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2020Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2020