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Forest of Bonsecours

FrDr · CC BY-SA 4.0

56% trees around it and 1,479 species recorded.

62Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km56%
  • wild within 10 km65%
  • species recorded1,479
  • Altitude54 m

The forest around

56% 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 90%Grassland 3%Water 0%Cropland 7%Trees 52%Grassland 25%Water 1%Cropland 12%Built-up 10%Trees 38%Grassland 24%Wetland 0%Water 4%Cropland 23%Built-up 11%Trees 36%Grassland 25%Water 1%Cropland 32%Built-up 6%56%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km90%
  • 1–3 km52%
  • 3–6 km38%
  • 6–10 km36%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees52%
  • Grassland25%
  • Water1%
  • Cropland12%
  • Built-up10%

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

1,479 species recorded.

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

Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus737 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
White Sweet-clover
White Sweet-cloverMelilotus albus606 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Narrow-leaved ragwort
Narrow-leaved ragwortSenecio inaequidens330 recordsPieter Pelser · CC BY 3.0
Large field Speedwell
Large field SpeedwellVeronica persica264 recordsStrobilomyces · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica226 recordsW.carter · CC0
Goat's rue
Goat's rueGalega officinalis200 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
False Oat-grass
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius189 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus183 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lucerne
LucerneMedicago sativa171 recordsAmédée Masclef · Public domain
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea169 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Sweet Chestnut
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa161 recordsJLPC · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata159 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.

62out of 100

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

  • 56%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 65%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,479Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 54 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan5°0°66 mm
  2. Feb6°0°59 mm
  3. Mar10°2°56 mm
  4. Apr15°4°41 mm
  5. May18°8°59 mm
  6. Jun22°11°63 mm
  7. Jul23°13°70 mm
  8. Aug23°13°76 mm
  9. Sep20°10°52 mm
  10. Oct15°7°63 mm
  11. Nov10°4°70 mm
  12. Dec6°1°76 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forest of Bonsecours.

Forest in France and Belgium

Forest of Bonsecours is a forest in Belgium.

Seen from space, 56% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 65% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,479 species have been recorded around it: 891 plants, 322 fungi, 232 birds and 34 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Eastern daisy fleabane, White Sweet-clover and Narrow-leaved ragwort.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

Forêt de Bon-Secours 01
FrDr · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Forest of Bonsecours 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

  • 12marked trails within 5 kmGR 412 Sentier des Terrils, De Bruxelles à Bon-Secours, GR 122 En Wallonie and 9 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmSéquoia géant de la forêt de Bonsecourt, Hêtre poupre, chataigner
  • 16picnic sites within 4 km
  • 48shelters and huts within 6 kmAN-Le-Fayt, Observatoire central de Pommerœul, Chevaux and 45 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOffice de Tourisme de Bernissart
  • 73car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmCamping les Gênets, Le Préau, Aire de Péruwelz - Port de plaisance and 4 more
  • 21places to stay within 10 kmDemory, Chambre d’hôte Améthyste, Hôtel Le Saint Daniel and 18 more
  • 14restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Forest of Bonsecours.

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.

Peakyas8 mountains within 25 km
Mont de la Justice25 m · 16 kmLe Trou Robin17 kmMont de Mainvault120 m · 19 kmCôte de la Boussée22 kmHameau des Papins22 kmCôte de les Hauts24 kmGauquier24 kmMont-Saint-Aubert24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Étang de Chabaud-Latour1.0 km² · 4.8 kmLes marais d'HArchies0.3 km² · 4.9 km

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Forêt de Bon-Secours 02
FrDr · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bonsecours . Basilique Notre-Dame . face sud
Jeanpeu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bonsecours . Basilique Notre-Dame . face ouest . entrée latérale 1
Jeanpeu · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Forest of Bonsecours

Belgium

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

Forêt de Mormal

France · 33 km

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

See the guide

Sonian Forest

Belgium · 65 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 1,917Species

See the guide

Halle Forest

Belgium · 53 km

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 1,163Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2420880) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species70,955 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, Lakeyas

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

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