Wood End - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.52061, -0.39460
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 89 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (89)Local cycle route
LCN 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 40Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 44Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 44Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Rock Dove +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee +3
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Hedge Bindweed · Cow Parsley · Foxglove
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Rock Dove +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee +3
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Hedge Bindweed · Cow Parsley · Foxglove
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthetrum cancellatum
Orthetrum cancellatum
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