Ayton's Heath
✦ Ancient woodland24 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
52.26132, -2.44268
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Snowdrop, Primrose, Common Ivy +145 more · last seen 2013
Free
Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Common Nettle, Bramble +16 more foraging species; Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Green Shieldbug, Lily Beetle +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dock Bug, Green Shieldbug, Lily Beetle +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Martley Circular WalkWalking route6.3 km▾
Named routeLength 6.3 kmLocal walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
1,591 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,591 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Great Tit +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Stoat · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Rugged Oil-beetle · 14-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle +25
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,591 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Great Tit +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Stoat · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Rugged Oil-beetle · 14-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle +25
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
