Tanners Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.69721, -0.41986
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km11 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
Ver Valley Walk 8Walking route▾
The Confluence Walk
Named routeRef Ver 8Local walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blue WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route28 m▾
Named routeLength 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route97 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route257 m▾
Named routeLength 257 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,389 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,389 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PochardAythya ferina
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Darter · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Southern Hawker · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket +3
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Variable-leaved Crestwort · Lesser Yoke-moss · Great Willowherb · Curled Dock · Hoary Ragwort +9
- Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
- Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,389 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PochardAythya ferina
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Darter · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Southern Hawker · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket +3
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Variable-leaved Crestwort · Lesser Yoke-moss · Great Willowherb · Curled Dock · Hoary Ragwort +9
- Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
- Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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