Solomon's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.64879, -0.49266
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 km16 signed routes nearby · 2 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
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
59 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
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Wildlife to spot
25,007 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,007 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Gadwall · Kingfisher · Goldfinch +39
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Limnobaris t-album · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +8
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Limnobaris t-albumLimnobaris t-album
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Batman Hoverfly
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Selfheal · Agrimony · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,007 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Gadwall · Kingfisher · Goldfinch +39
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Limnobaris t-album · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +8
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Limnobaris t-albumLimnobaris t-album
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Batman Hoverfly
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Selfheal · Agrimony · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea2025
Myathropa florea2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Events & activities nearby
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