West Field Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.52954, -1.17360
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Marton West BeckWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Samaritan WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Three Ridings on FootWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3RRegional walking route
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
James Cook University Hospital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef JCUHLocal cycle route
Middlesbrough Cycle CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Guisborough Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
15,418 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,418 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2026▾
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Common Liverwort · Sanicle · Fringecups
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- SanicleSanicula europaea2025
- FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,418 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2026▾
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Common Liverwort · Sanicle · Fringecups
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- SanicleSanicula europaea2025
- FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025