Vicarage Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.31449, -2.48397
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
- 🌿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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,268 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,268 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blue Tit · Robin +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwiftApus apus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2021
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2020
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2024▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +11
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Turkeytail
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · American Skunk-cabbage
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,268 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blue Tit · Robin +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwiftApus apus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2021
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2020
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2024▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +11
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Turkeytail
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · American Skunk-cabbage
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
White-legged Damselfly
White-legged Damselfly
Platycnemis pennipes2023
Platycnemis pennipes2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumRhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2023Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Yellow-legged Water-snipeflyAtherix ibis2023Yellow-legged Water-snipeflyAtherix ibis2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2020Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2020Events & activities nearby
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