Dancer Dick Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.37205, -0.26542
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
133 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
Route CCycling route▾
Link from Cycleway 28 to Kingston University/C29
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
48,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Bordered Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort +23
- Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Bordered Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort +23
- Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nicholson's Beard-moss
Nicholson's Beard-moss
Didymodon nicholsonii
Didymodon nicholsonii
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosusWavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosusForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiformeCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumPrince-of-Wales Feather-mossNeckera smithiiPrince-of-Wales Feather-mossNeckera smithiiEvents & activities nearby
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