Bridget's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.03983, -0.17518
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kingfisher WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Biggleswade Green WheelWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Garden City 15Walking route▾
Letchworth GreenwayWalking route▾
13.6 mile (21.8km) walking route around Letchworth
Named route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route96 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route334 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 334 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route724 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 724 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Hinxworth Road near to Holme Park
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Wildlife to spot
8,292 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,292 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Corn Bunting · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Skylark +42
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Leisler's Bat · Rabbit · Stoat
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle +29
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,292 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Corn Bunting · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Skylark +42
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Leisler's Bat · Rabbit · Stoat
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle +29
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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