Gun Dell - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.64517, -0.51677
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 446m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 446m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 12 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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos

Muddy path through the woods
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95,411 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
95,411 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Kestrel · Robin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Rose Chafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pavid Willow Nematine · 16-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +9
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
95,411 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Kestrel · Robin · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Rose Chafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pavid Willow Nematine · 16-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +9
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025