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Chase Wood

2 ha

📷 Christine Matthews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.68218, -0.16938

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
🌿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

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Moorhen +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Moorhen +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Hornbeam, False Oat-grass +47 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Hawthorn, Hornbeam, False Oat-grass +47 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Elder, Hogweed +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Speckled Bush-cricket +16 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Speckled Bush-cricket +16 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route

Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route

Parkfield, Oakmere & Beyond 2 mile walkWalking route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Red TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

ProposedCycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Local cycle route

NCN12 Proposed extensionCycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

16,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Cormorant · Moorhen +35

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects3 species

wintersummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Cormorant · Moorhen +35

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects3 species

wintersummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Christine Matthews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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