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Forêt de Nieppe

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58% trees around it and 983 species recorded.

56Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km58%
  • wild within 10 km33%
  • species recorded983

The forest around

58% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 57%Grassland 7%Cropland 34%Built-up 1%Trees 59%Grassland 7%Cropland 32%Built-up 1%Trees 19%Grassland 16%Cropland 57%Built-up 8%Trees 8%Grassland 19%Water 0%Cropland 66%Built-up 7%58%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km57%
  • 1–3 km59%
  • 3–6 km19%
  • 6–10 km8%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees59%
  • Grassland7%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland32%
  • Built-up1%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

983 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior321 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus301 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Blackthorn
BlackthornPrunus spinosa294 recordsSphingonotus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens294 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hogweed
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium294 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping Thistle
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense294 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Consound
ConsoundSymphytum officinale293 recordsAgnieszka Kwiecień ( Nova ) · CC BY 2.5
Stickywilly
StickywillyGalium aparine287 recordsAlvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria279 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata277 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Yellow Iris
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus275 recordsJean-Jacques MILAN · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea271 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

56out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 58%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 33%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 983Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan6°0°62 mm
  2. Feb7°0°55 mm
  3. Mar10°2°53 mm
  4. Apr14°4°41 mm
  5. May18°8°61 mm
  6. Jun21°11°59 mm
  7. Jul22°13°66 mm
  8. Aug22°13°73 mm
  9. Sep19°10°54 mm
  10. Oct15°7°70 mm
  11. Nov10°4°76 mm
  12. Dec6°1°77 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forêt de Nieppe.

Forêt de Nieppe is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 58% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 33% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

983 species have been recorded around it: 696 plants, 134 fungi, 121 birds and 32 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ash, Hornbeam and Blackthorn.

The best time to walk is in September.

ForetNieppe
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Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Forêt de Nieppe seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmTour de la Lys
  • 11named and notable trees within 6 kmBetula, Castanea Satira, Catalpa Bignonioïdes and 8 more
  • 7picnic sites within 4 km
  • 11shelters and huts within 6 kmSaint-Floris, Place de Sec Bois, Abri pour le personnel and 8 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOffice de Tourisme d'Hazebrouck
  • 6car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmLe Paradiso, Aire Base Nautique - Saint-Venant, Camping - Caravaning Les Huit Rues and 3 more
  • 11places to stay within 10 kmLa Ferme Solaire de la Papote, Gambrinus, Du Pain & des Jeux and 8 more
  • 5restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Forêt de Nieppe.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas13 mountains within 25 km
Mont des Cats164 m · 14 kmMont des Récollets160 m · 15 kmMont Cassel177 m · 15 kmMont Noir152 m · 16 kmVidaigneberg136 m · 18 kmBaneberg142 m · 18 kmRodeberg137 m · 18 kmKemmelberg154 m · 21 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Parc des Prés du Hem175 species · 22 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Forêt de Nieppe

France

  • 56Forestyas Score
  • 58%Trees
  • 33%Wild
  • 983Species

Forêt de Mormal

France · 98 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 76%Wild
  • 1,164Species

See the guide

Forest of Bonsecours

Belgium · 78 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 56%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 1,479Species

See the guide

Tillegembos

Belgium · 71 km

  • 59Forestyas Score
  • 55%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,303Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078916) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species47,883 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Birdyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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