Dancer Dick Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.38000, -0.26008
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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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
158 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
Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed)Cycling route▾
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
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Wildlife to spot
34,367 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling +35
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
24-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Stenocranus minutus · Idiocerus stigmaticalis · Mordellochroa abdominalis +14
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Stenocranus minutusStenocranus minutus2025
- Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025
- Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
- Welsh Chafer
Oxeye Daisy · Prickly Sow-thistle · Primrose · Garlic Mustard · Reflexed Stonecrop +29
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- White ComfreySymphytum orientale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling +35
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
24-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Stenocranus minutus · Idiocerus stigmaticalis · Mordellochroa abdominalis +14
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Stenocranus minutusStenocranus minutus2025
- Idiocerus stigmaticalisIdiocerus stigmaticalis2025
- Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
- Welsh Chafer
Oxeye Daisy · Prickly Sow-thistle · Primrose · Garlic Mustard · Reflexed Stonecrop +29
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- White ComfreySymphytum orientale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hoplia philanthus
Hoplia philanthus
Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Eledona agricolaEledona agricola2025Eledona agricolaEledona agricola20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025StenocranusStenocranus2025StenocranusStenocranus2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Turtle BugPodops inuncta2025Turtle BugPodops inuncta2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Opsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalus2025Opsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalus2025Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2025Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaRound-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifoliumRound-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifoliumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaWhite StonecropSedum albumWhite StonecropSedum albumCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2025Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2025