Abbey's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.04949, -2.17010
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Blue Tit
- 🌳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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Blue Tit
- 🌳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 — Swallow, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Swallow, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus lucorum, Common Carder Bee +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Stitchwort, Cuckooflower, Bugle +21 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Tisbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBLocal cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway Dorset LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NB LoopLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,839 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Blue Tit · Greenfinch · Goldfinch · Great Tit +30
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Polydrusus formosus · Meadow Cranesbill Weevil · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Cartodere bifasciata · Eristalinus sepulchralis +5
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Pale Galingale
- Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Blue Tit · Greenfinch · Goldfinch · Great Tit +30
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Polydrusus formosus · Meadow Cranesbill Weevil · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Cartodere bifasciata · Eristalinus sepulchralis +5
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Meadow Cranesbill WeevilZacladus geranii
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Pale Galingale
- Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
