Broadleaved woodland near Soldon Cross
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
50.88200, -4.37348
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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
Photos
Minor road with wide verges east of Soldon
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Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Jay · House Sparrow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Bullfinch +18
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Bat +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- BatChiroptera2020
- ShrewSoricidae2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Comma · Small Tortoiseshell +28
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Hazel · Cow Parsley · Japanese Knotweed · Red-hot-poker · Umbellate Hawkweed +35
- HazelCorylus avellana2018
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Red-hot-pokerKniphofia uvaria2020
- Umbellate HawkweedHieracium umbellatum2018
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Jay · House Sparrow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Bullfinch +18
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Bat +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- BatChiroptera2020
- ShrewSoricidae2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Comma · Small Tortoiseshell +28
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Hazel · Cow Parsley · Japanese Knotweed · Red-hot-poker · Umbellate Hawkweed +35
- HazelCorylus avellana2018
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Red-hot-pokerKniphofia uvaria2020
- Umbellate HawkweedHieracium umbellatum2018
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumFever FlyDilophus febrilisFever FlyDilophus febrilisEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023SyrphusSyrphus2022SyrphusSyrphus2022Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2022Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2022Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi20182018
2018
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2018Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2018Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2018Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2018Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2018PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2018PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2018Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2018Trailing TormentilPotentilla anglica2018Trailing TormentilPotentilla anglica2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2018Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2018HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2018HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2018Remote SedgeCarex remota2018Remote SedgeCarex remota2018Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2018Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2018BetonyBetonica officinalis2018BetonyBetonica officinalis2018HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2018Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2018Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2018Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2018Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2018KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2018Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2018LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2018LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2018DaisyBellis perennis2018DaisyBellis perennis2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Soft-rushJuncus effusus2018Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2018Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2018Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2018Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2018Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2018Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2018Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018TimothyPhleum pratense2018TimothyPhleum pratense2018Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2018Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2018SilverweedPotentilla anserina2018SilverweedPotentilla anserina2018Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2018Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2018Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2018Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2018Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2018Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2018Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018Wood AvensGeum urbanum2018Events & activities nearby
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