Sawpit Spring - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.67522, -0.47262
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
47 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
6,039 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rook +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Eupeodes latifasciatus · Common Darter · Mordellochroa abdominalis · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris
🌿Plants5 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Shining Crane's-bill · Goat's-rue · Bank Haircap · Mistletoe
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis2024
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2024
- MistletoeViscum album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rook +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Eupeodes latifasciatus · Common Darter · Mordellochroa abdominalis · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris
🌿Plants5 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Shining Crane's-bill · Goat's-rue · Bank Haircap · Mistletoe
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis2024
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2024
- MistletoeViscum album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas