Dudale's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.16685, -2.63342
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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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
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Wildlife to spot
459 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
459 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2024▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Kestrel · House Martin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2015
- SwallowHirundo rustica2015
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- SwiftApus apus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2016
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2015
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2015
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2015
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2015
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2015
- MagpiePica pica2015
- CuckooCuculus canorus2012
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2012
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2015
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2015
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2012
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2012
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2012
- NuthatchSitta europaea2012
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2012
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2012
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2012
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2012
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2012
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2012
🦌Mammals6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac +1
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Dock Beetle · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cinnabar · Swollen-thighed Beetle +39
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2018
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Goat's-beard · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Silver-moss +3
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Striated Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
459 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2024▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Kestrel · House Martin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2015
- SwallowHirundo rustica2015
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- Great TitParus major2020
- SwiftApus apus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2016
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2015
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2015
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2015
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2015
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2015
- MagpiePica pica2015
- CuckooCuculus canorus2012
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2012
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2015
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2015
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2012
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2012
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2012
- NuthatchSitta europaea2012
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2012
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2012
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2012
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2012
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2012
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2012
🦌Mammals6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac +1
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Dock Beetle · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cinnabar · Swollen-thighed Beetle +39
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2018
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Goat's-beard · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Silver-moss +3
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Striated Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
2024
2024
Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataMeadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaLagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2024Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2024Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus2024Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Mordella holomelaenaMordella holomelaena2024Mordella holomelaenaMordella holomelaena2024Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2024Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2024Cantharis figurataCantharis figurata2024Cantharis figurataCantharis figurata2024Anaspis rufilabrisAnaspis rufilabris2024Anaspis rufilabrisAnaspis rufilabris2024Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2024Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2024Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2024Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2020Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2020Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2018Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2018DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2018DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Winter MothOperophtera brumata2018Winter MothOperophtera brumata2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Large WhitePieris brassicae2017Large WhitePieris brassicae2017Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017Small WhitePieris rapae2017Small WhitePieris rapae2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2012Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2012Eurhynchium striatum
Eurhynchium striatum
Tree-mallowMalva arborea2022Tree-mallowMalva arborea2022Events & activities nearby
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