Hudnall Common - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.80665, -0.53729
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 117m 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 117m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
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 km19 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
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
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Tree Cathedral Walk, Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade EstateWalking route4.8 km▾
Step inside a medieval style cathedral constructed from nature. Carefully planted trees, shrubs and hedges build the layers of this magical place.
Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ashridge Estate Family Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Grovellsbridleway · 213 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 213 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
3,361 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,361 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta · Lesser Stag Beetle · Dotted Bee-fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,361 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta · Lesser Stag Beetle · Dotted Bee-fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria2024
Volucella zonaria2024
Downland VillaVilla cingulata2024Downland VillaVilla cingulata2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Events & activities nearby
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