Bottom Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.63925, -0.51951
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 km14 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 12)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rickmansworth to Croxley GreenCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
37,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Jackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +41
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
16-spot Ladybird · Limnobaris t-album · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Pavid Willow Nematine +4
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Limnobaris t-albumLimnobaris t-album
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Jackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +41
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
16-spot Ladybird · Limnobaris t-album · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Pavid Willow Nematine +4
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Limnobaris t-albumLimnobaris t-album
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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