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Bow and Arrow Wood

5 ha

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53.54647, -0.59378

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Carrion Crow
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Carrion Crow
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Sand Leek · last seen 2025; Plants — Sand Leek · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 169Cycling route

Named routeRef 169National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route323 m

Named routeLength 323 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 169Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route523 m

Named routeLength 523 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route8 m

Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route779 m

Named routeLength 779 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

17,408 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,408 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +82

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
TealAnas crecca
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Water RailRallus aquaticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
JayGarrulus glandarius
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common TernSterna hirundo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
RedshankTringa totanus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
CuckooCuculus canorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SwiftApus apus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
NuthatchSitta europaea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoosanderMergus merganser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

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Plants1 species

summer

2025

Sand Leek

Sand LeekAllium scorodoprasum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,408 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds87 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Mallard · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +82

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
TealAnas crecca
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Water RailRallus aquaticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
JayGarrulus glandarius
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common TernSterna hirundo
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
RedshankTringa totanus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
CuckooCuculus canorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SwiftApus apus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
NuthatchSitta europaea
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoosanderMergus merganser
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Sand Leek

Sand LeekAllium scorodoprasum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

M180 westbound near Bow and Arrow Wood

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