Norsey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.64372, 0.43966
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
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route137 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 137 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route448 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route527 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route96 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
BR 1bridleway · 108 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 108 mPath type: bridleway
BR 160 Potash Roadbridleway · 399 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 399 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
26,115 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,115 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bibio lanigerus · Meliscaeva cinctella · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,115 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bibio lanigerus · Meliscaeva cinctella · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Varied Carpet Beetle
Varied Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Anthrenus verbasci
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025