Rectory Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.61753, 0.49439
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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 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route123 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route934 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route576 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 576 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,224 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Swallow +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Badger +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Ivy Bee · Southern Green Shieldbug · Lily Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Holly Blue +5
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Hollyhock Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Swallow +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Badger +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- BadgerMeles meles2021
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Ivy Bee · Southern Green Shieldbug · Lily Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Holly Blue +5
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Hollyhock Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2021
Vulpes vulpes2021
Rhopalapion longirostre2024
Rhopalapion longirostre2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021Events & activities nearby
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