Long Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.49902, -0.35021
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
- 🌿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 km34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
LOOP link to Hatton Cross UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 30Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Osterley Lanebridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
38,570 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
38,570 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Kestrel · Jay · Starling · Grey Heron +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria +13
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,570 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Kestrel · Jay · Starling · Grey Heron +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria +13
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
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