Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18299, 0.62299
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
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
5,340 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Robin +21
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Badger +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Brown Rat
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2026▾
Western Honey Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +15
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Robin +21
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Badger +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Brown Rat
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2026▾
Western Honey Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +15
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rattus norvegicus2023
Rattus norvegicus2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024Field Cuckoo BeeBombus campestris2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023