Wigney Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › Eastern › North Hertfordshire Getting here
52.01144, 0.06118
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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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Icknield Way Path Walking route 169 km ▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named route Length 169 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle Trail Mountain bike route 226 km ▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named route Length 226 km Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,666 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,666 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Whitethroat Curruca communis Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Turdus iliacus iliacus Turdus iliacus iliacus2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum Skylark Alauda arvensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Stock Dove Columba oenas Swallow Hirundo rustica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2023 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2022 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2022 Swift Apus apus2022 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Hazel Dormouse · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2023 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Glyphotaelius pellucidus · Common Darter · Summer Chafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle +23
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024 Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2024 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024 Common Red Soldier Beetle 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Italian Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed · Spindle · Giant Hogweed
Italian Bluebell Hyacinthoides italica Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2022 Spindle Euonymus europaeus2022 Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,666 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Whitethroat Curruca communis Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Turdus iliacus iliacus Turdus iliacus iliacus2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum Skylark Alauda arvensis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Stock Dove Columba oenas Swallow Hirundo rustica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2023 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2022 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2022 Swift Apus apus2022 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Hazel Dormouse · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2023 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 28 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Glyphotaelius pellucidus · Common Darter · Summer Chafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle +23
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024 Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2024 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024 Common Red Soldier Beetle 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Italian Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed · Spindle · Giant Hogweed
Italian Bluebell Hyacinthoides italica Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2022 Spindle Euonymus europaeus2022 Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023 Rhagonycha fulva2022
Rhagonycha fulva2022
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2022
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2022
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Small Yellow-legged Robberfly Dioctria linearis
Small Yellow-legged Robberfly Dioctria linearis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Epistrophe melanostoma Epistrophe melanostoma
Epistrophe melanostoma Epistrophe melanostoma
Agraylea Agraylea2024
Agraylea Agraylea2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Mallow Flea Beetle Podagrica fuscipes2023
Mallow Flea Beetle Podagrica fuscipes2023
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2023
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2023
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2023
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2023
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2023
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2023
Palloptera ustulata Palloptera ustulata2022
Palloptera ustulata Palloptera ustulata2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium2022
Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium2022
Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes2022
Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes2022
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2022
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2022
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2022
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2022
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2022
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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