Parson's Wood - Woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.20692, -1.19308
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging 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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging 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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 648Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
William Wood Lanebridleway · 85 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 85 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
William Wood Lanebridleway · 469 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 469 mSurface concretePath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
24,406 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Jackdaw · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Coot +29
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tall Fescue Planthopper
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
Wood Melick · Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Hawthorn · Ramsons +81
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Jackdaw · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Coot +29
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Tall Fescue Planthopper
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
Wood Melick · Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Hawthorn · Ramsons +81
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
