Broadleaved woodland near Fenham
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.98212, -1.65771
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Brownie Bay — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Brownie Bay — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
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 km9 signed routes nearby
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Wildlife to spot
20,546 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,546 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Black-headed Gull +32
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects21 species
springautumn
2026▾
Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +16
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Chickweed
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,546 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Black-headed Gull +32
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects21 species
springautumn
2026▾
Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +16
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Chickweed
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Western Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Events & activities nearby
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