Ladywood Common - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland9 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.27581, -2.38811
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km4 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Martley Circular WalkWalking route6.3 km▾
Named routeLength 6.3 kmLocal walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Abberley Circular WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,132 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Robin · Chaffinch +12
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Brown Hare · Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2023
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Carabus arvensis · Common Club-tail +3
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2023
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023
Annual Meadow-grass · Creeping Bent · Meadow Vetchling · Herb-Robert · White Clover +35
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Robin · Chaffinch +12
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Brown Hare · Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2023
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Carabus arvensis · Common Club-tail +3
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2023
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023
Annual Meadow-grass · Creeping Bent · Meadow Vetchling · Herb-Robert · White Clover +35
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023Field-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumMistletoeViscum albumMistletoeViscum albumTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensFern-grassCatapodium rigidumFern-grassCatapodium rigidumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisImperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatumImperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaGreater BurdockArctium lappaGreater BurdockArctium lappaBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenne