Willow Bed - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.47098, -0.26421
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
Rothschild WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
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Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route93 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 93 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route54 m▾
Named routeLength 54 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route186 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 186 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route265 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 265 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,435 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,435 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Lapwing · Woodpigeon · Fieldfare · Rook · Pheasant +36
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Stoat +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Badger
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Bristly Oxtongue · Oxeye Daisy · Daisy
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,435 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Lapwing · Woodpigeon · Fieldfare · Rook · Pheasant +36
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Stoat +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Badger
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Bristly Oxtongue · Oxeye Daisy · Daisy
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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