High Cross Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.17037, 0.65732
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
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,491 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +33
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Brown Hawker · Glow-worm · 16-spot Ladybird +10
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +33
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Brown Hawker · Glow-worm · 16-spot Ladybird +10
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2020
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Capsus aterCapsus ater2021Capsus aterCapsus ater2021Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2020Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2020HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020