Rectory Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.62214, 0.49608
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
27 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
Main RouteCycling route123 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route576 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 576 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route35 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route364 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 364 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Vera Roadbridleway · 316 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 316 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
1,549 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,549 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Carrion Crow · Robin +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🦎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 · Holly Blue · Sphaerophoria scripta · Lagria hirta +5
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2023
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,549 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Carrion Crow · Robin +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🦎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 · Holly Blue · Sphaerophoria scripta · Lagria hirta +5
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2023
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hollyhock Weevil
Hollyhock Weevil
Rhopalapion longirostre2024
Rhopalapion longirostre2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2024Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Events & activities nearby
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