Upcott Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.70369, -4.27077
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
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
Photos
Frankaborough derelict barn and cottage
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Wildlife to spot
1,830 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,830 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Swallow · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Badger
Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Small Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly +10
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,830 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Swallow · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Badger
Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Small Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly +10
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans2023
Ischnura elegans2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Events & activities nearby
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