College Wood
✦ Ancient woodland46 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome46 ha
Getting here
51.99076, -0.84949
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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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Rook, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Rook, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ragged-Robin, Common Spotted-orchid, False Fox-sedge +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +116 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +116 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
MK Redway Super Route H8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H8Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V2Local cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H4Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,990 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,990 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Blackbird · Wren · Magpie · Blue Tit +34
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Tortoise Bug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cercopis vulnerata +45
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Ragged-Robin · Common Spotted-orchid · False Fox-sedge · Bush Vetch · Compact Rush +1
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,990 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Blackbird · Wren · Magpie · Blue Tit +34
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwiftApus apus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Tortoise Bug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cercopis vulnerata +45
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Ragged-Robin · Common Spotted-orchid · False Fox-sedge · Bush Vetch · Compact Rush +1
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
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