Lower Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.30469, -2.43618
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km▾
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Colliers WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norton Radstock GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 24Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route47 m▾
Named routeLength 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route77 m▾
Named routeLength 77 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,805 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,805 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Tawny Owl · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
Platystomos albinus
- Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
Hedge Bedstraw · Ground-ivy · Cock's-foot · Greater Plantain · Wilson's Honeysuckle +91
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,805 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Tawny Owl · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
Platystomos albinus
- Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
Hedge Bedstraw · Ground-ivy · Cock's-foot · Greater Plantain · Wilson's Honeysuckle +91
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas