Highweek Wood - Broadleaved woodland
16 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
50.84415, -4.20306
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 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 3 Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route552 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 552 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route488 m▾
Named routeLength 488 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,947 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,947 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumn
2025▾
Sand Martin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +36
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Red Poplar Leaf Beetle
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red Poplar Leaf BeetleChrysomela populi
Dandelion · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hazel · Gorse · Remote Sedge +103
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2019
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2019
- Welsh Poppy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,947 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumn
2025▾
Sand Martin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +36
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2020▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Red Poplar Leaf Beetle
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red Poplar Leaf BeetleChrysomela populi
Dandelion · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hazel · Gorse · Remote Sedge +103
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2019
- Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2019
- Welsh Poppy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Papaver cambricum2019
Papaver cambricum2019
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officinalis2019Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2019Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2019Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2019Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2019Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019SpindleEuonymus europaeus2019SpindleEuonymus europaeus2019Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2019Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2019Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2019Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2019Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2019Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2019Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019Greater PlantainPlantago major2019Greater PlantainPlantago major2019Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2019Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2019NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019CleaversGalium aparine2019CleaversGalium aparine2019Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2019Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019DaisyBellis perennis2019DaisyBellis perennis2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2019Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2019Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2019GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2019GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2019American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019HopHumulus lupulus2019HopHumulus lupulus2019BetonyBetonica officinalis2019BetonyBetonica officinalis2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2019Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2019Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2019Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2019Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Common ChickweedStellaria media2019Common ChickweedStellaria media2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2019Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2019TansyTanacetum vulgare2019TansyTanacetum vulgare2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2019Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2019Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2019Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019Bush VetchVicia sepium2019Bush VetchVicia sepium2019Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2019Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2019Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2019Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus2019CharlockSinapis arvensis2019CharlockSinapis arvensis2019Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2019Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2019Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2019Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2019Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019TutsanHypericum androsaemum2019TutsanHypericum androsaemum2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2019Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Fat-henChenopodium album2019Fat-henChenopodium album2019OrpineHylotelephium telephium2019OrpineHylotelephium telephium2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2019Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2019Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2019Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2019Bell HeatherErica cinerea2019Bell HeatherErica cinerea2019Water MintMentha aquatica2019Water MintMentha aquatica2019Events & activities nearby
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