Sandpit Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.61529, -0.37787
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 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Proyer's PathCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
LCN+ link 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,463 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,463 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Magpie +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm
Common Carder Bee · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Syrphus · Volucella pellucens · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Himalayan Balsam · Honeysuckle · Yew · Beech · Rhododendron +11
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- YewTaxus baccata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Stone ParsleySison amomum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,463 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Magpie +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm
Common Carder Bee · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Syrphus · Volucella pellucens · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Himalayan Balsam · Honeysuckle · Yew · Beech · Rhododendron +11
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- YewTaxus baccata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Stone ParsleySison amomum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera nobilis
Oedemera nobilis
SuilliaSuillia2024SuilliaSuillia2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraEvents & activities nearby
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