Norton's Wood - Broadleaved woodland 20 ha
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🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 20 ha
Places › England › South West › North Somerset Getting here
51.45414, -2.81145
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 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🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
〰 Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cadbury Camp Ramble, Bristol Countryside Walking route 3.2 km ▾
Walk through the Somerset countryside & spot wildlife like the silver-washed fritillary butterfly & six-spot burnet moth. Encounter Cadbury Camp Iron Age hillfort & views across the Severn Estuary & Mendips. Uneven surface, gates, stiles & steep gradients
Named route Length 3.2 km Duration 01:10 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Round Yatton Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RYW Local walking route
Show on map Loop Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean Down Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Cadbury Camp hill walk, Cadbury Camp, Bristol Countryside Walking route 4 km ▾
Climb the hill behind Tickenham to discover the earthworks of Cadbury Camp Iron Age hillfort. Enjoy views across the Severn Estuary & Mendip Hills and look out for wildlife in this nature conservation area. Steep grassy ascent & descent via a rocky gully.
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:20 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 26 National Cycle Network
Show on map Pier to Pier Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 26 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 26 National Cycle Network
Show on map Festival Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FW Local cycle route
Show on map Crabtree Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CP Local cycle route
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Nortons Wood bridleway · 238 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 238 m Surface dirt Path type: bridleway
Show on map Nortons Wood bridleway · 193 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 193 m Surface asphalt Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Pasture, below Norton's Wood
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Wildlife to spot
67,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 67,732 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie +42
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 17 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Eristalis pertinax · Platycheirus albimanus +12
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Ruddy Darter Bog Groove-moss · Narrow Buckler-fern · Atlantic Ivy
Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana Atlantic Ivy Hedera hibernica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 67,732 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie +42
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 17 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Eristalis pertinax · Platycheirus albimanus +12
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Ruddy Darter Bog Groove-moss · Narrow Buckler-fern · Atlantic Ivy
Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana Atlantic Ivy Hedera hibernica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2025
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2025
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus2025
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus2025
Cheilosia latifrons Cheilosia latifrons2025
Cheilosia latifrons Cheilosia latifrons2025
Pipizella viduata Pipizella viduata2025
Pipizella viduata Pipizella viduata2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 