Parsons Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18338, 0.64365
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
4,366 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,366 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
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Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Herring Gull +29
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- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- 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
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
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summerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2019
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
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Glow-worm · 16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Dock Beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle +9
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Nicholson's Beard-moss
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,366 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Woodpigeon · Barn Owl · Herring Gull +29
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- 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
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2021
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2019
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · 16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Dock Beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle +9
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Nicholson's Beard-moss
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
White-legged Damselfly
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