Parsons Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.17910, 0.64444
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
🦅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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km▾
Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal 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
9,625 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,625 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +29
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +16
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Lesser Stag Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,625 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +29
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +16
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Lesser Stag Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Capsus aterCapsus ater2021Capsus aterCapsus ater2021Events & activities nearby
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