Wall Leaze Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.51847, -2.28284
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,499 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,499 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Dunnock +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Common Broomrape · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine · Cock's-foot +13
- Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,499 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Dunnock +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Common Broomrape · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine · Cock's-foot +13
- Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
