Hunt's Close Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.36173, -0.44935
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Clack Lanebridleway · 1.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
2,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Hobby · Raven · Spotted Flycatcher · Barn Owl +30
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2019
Badger · Muntjac · Indet. Deer · Hedgehog · Chinese Water Deer +2
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2021▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Platycheirus manicatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Vestal Cuckoo Bee · Red Admiral · Swollen-thighed Beetle +31
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Hobby · Raven · Spotted Flycatcher · Barn Owl +30
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2019
Badger · Muntjac · Indet. Deer · Hedgehog · Chinese Water Deer +2
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2021▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Platycheirus manicatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Vestal Cuckoo Bee · Red Admiral · Swollen-thighed Beetle +31
- Platycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus manicatus2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2021
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
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