Blackpool Wood
✦ Ancient woodland116 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome116 ha
Getting here
52.01136, -2.94810
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Robin, Chiffchaff +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Robin, Chiffchaff +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hybrid Cinquefoil, Pale Sedge, Meadow Crane's-bill · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,658 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Otter · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +1
- OtterLutra lutra
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Small White +9
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Otter · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +1
- OtterLutra lutra
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Small White +9
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Pterostichus vernalisPterostichus vernalisPterostichus vernalisPterostichus vernalisGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Psammotettix confinisPsammotettix confinis2024Psammotettix confinisPsammotettix confinis2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024MacrostelesMacrosteles2024MacrostelesMacrosteles2024Javesella pellucidaJavesella pellucida2024Javesella pellucidaJavesella pellucida2024Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris2024Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024