Palmers Wood - Broadleaved woodland
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.43415, -0.73141
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
- 🌿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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲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
9,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Blackbird +38
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Hornet Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly · 24-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
White Campion · Hawthorn · Creeping Thistle · Weld · Pedunculate Oak +16
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- WeldReseda luteola
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Blackbird +38
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Hornet Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly · 24-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
White Campion · Hawthorn · Creeping Thistle · Weld · Pedunculate Oak +16
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- WeldReseda luteola
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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