The Wilderness - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.42469, -0.68349
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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
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 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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Named routeRef 552Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,790 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,790 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rook · Stock Dove · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +28
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects7 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Selfheal · Groundsel · Linden · White Clover · Shepherd's-purse +115
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- LindenTilia
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,790 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rook · Stock Dove · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +28
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects7 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Selfheal · Groundsel · Linden · White Clover · Shepherd's-purse +115
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- LindenTilia
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas