Carey Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
50.69748, -4.31145
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
Photos
Downacarey Bridge over the River Carey
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Wildlife to spot
8,226 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,226 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Canada Goose +32
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Marsh Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
Glow-worm · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Blue-tailed Damselfly +34
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emerald Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,226 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Canada Goose +32
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Marsh Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
Glow-worm · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Blue-tailed Damselfly +34
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emerald Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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