Brewers Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 8 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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51.85390, -0.13801
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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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Pedunculate Oak, Elder +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Common Feather-moss +135 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Mystacides azurea, Hydropsyche angustipennis, Hydropsyche siltalai +80 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Mystacides azurea, Hydropsyche angustipennis, Hydropsyche siltalai +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Show on map Woodland Trail Walking route ▾
Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map STOOP Link Path 4 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 6 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 769 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 769 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 337 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 337 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 20 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 20 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 30 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 30 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Boadicca's Ride byway open to all traffic · 1.1 km ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 1.1 km Surface gravel Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
5,726 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,726 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Swift · Magpie +42
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swift Apus apus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2023 Gadwall Mareca strepera2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Fulica atra atra Fulica atra atra2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 15 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Long-winged Cone-head · Mesembrina meridiana +10
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2024 Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2023 Marmalade Hoverfly 🌿 Plants 52 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Perennial Rye-grass · Selfheal · Common Centaury · Wild Teasel · Lords-and-Ladies +47
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2024 Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2024 Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2024 Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2024 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,726 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Swift · Magpie +42
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swift Apus apus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2023 Gadwall Mareca strepera2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Fulica atra atra Fulica atra atra2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 15 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Long-winged Cone-head · Mesembrina meridiana +10
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2024 Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2023 Marmalade Hoverfly 🌿 Plants 52 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Perennial Rye-grass · Selfheal · Common Centaury · Wild Teasel · Lords-and-Ladies +47
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2024 Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2024 Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2024 Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum2024 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus2023
Episyrphus balteatus2023
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2023
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris2023
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2023
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2023
Bembidion lampros Bembidion lampros2023
Bembidion lampros Bembidion lampros2023
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2023
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2023
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2023
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2023
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2023
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2023
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2023
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2023
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023 Western Red-cedar
Western Red-cedar
Thuja plicata
Thuja plicata
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2024
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2024
Ragwort Senecio2024
Ragwort Senecio2024
Dock Rumex2024
Dock Rumex2024
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2024
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2024
Willowherb Epilobium2024
Willowherb Epilobium2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle2024
Leyland Cypress Cupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii2024
Leyland Cypress Cupressus macrocarpa x nootkatensis = C. x leylandii2024
Rough Hawk's-beard Crepis biennis2024
Rough Hawk's-beard Crepis biennis2024
Willow Salix2024
Willow Salix2024
Red Fescue Festuca rubra2024
Red Fescue Festuca rubra2024
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2024
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2024
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2024
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2024
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2024
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2024
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2024
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2024
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024
White Clover Trifolium repens2024
White Clover Trifolium repens2024
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2024
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2024
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2024
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2024
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis2024
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis2024
Bugle Ajuga reptans2024
Bugle Ajuga reptans2024
Early Forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima2024
Early Forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima2024
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2024
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2024
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides2024
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides2024
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2024
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2024
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum2024
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum2024
Pignut Conopodium majus2024
Pignut Conopodium majus2024
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2024
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2024
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2024
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2024
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca2024
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca2024
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens2023
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens2023
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba2023
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba2023
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2023
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2023
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2023
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2023
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus2023
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus2023
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2023
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2023
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria2023
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria2023
Dewberry Rubus caesius2023
Dewberry Rubus caesius2023
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis2023
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis2023
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2023
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2023
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2023
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia2023
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare2023
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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