Abshields Wood
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
55.20508, -1.76960
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🌳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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🌳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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
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🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Timothy, Hairy-brome, Sweet Vernal-grass +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Xylota segnis +130 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Drainage spur south of Abshields Wood near Morpeth
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Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii
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Poa trivialis
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