Abbacy Wood
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.11200, 0.44055
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Kestrel
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Kestrel
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Kestrel, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Kestrel, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bee Orchid, Yellow Corydalis, Crimson-tuber Thread-moss +52 more · last seen 2020; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,556 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,556 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Pheasant · Kestrel · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +47
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Box Tree Moth · Common Darter +7
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2021
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,556 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Pheasant · Kestrel · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +47
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Box Tree Moth · Common Darter +7
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2021
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Brown Hawker
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis2021
Aeshna grandis2021
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021