Lord's Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.36183, -2.53181
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
🦅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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Peaks WalkWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Two Rivers WayWalking route32 km▾
Congresbury to Keynsham
Named routeRef 2RWLength 32 kmRegional walking route
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km▾
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Whitchurch WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route312 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 312 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route246 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 246 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Birchwood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 514 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 514 mSurface pavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
36,550 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit · Moorhen · Jay +31
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens +55
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Platycheirus albimanus
Epipactis helleborine x purpurata = E. x schulzei · Pale Galingale · Bracken · Common Hemp-nettle · Greater Stitchwort +20
- Epipactis helleborine x purpurata = E. x schulzeiEpipactis helleborine x purpurata = E. x schulzei
- Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit · Moorhen · Jay +31
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens +55
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Platycheirus albimanus
Epipactis helleborine x purpurata = E. x schulzei · Pale Galingale · Bracken · Common Hemp-nettle · Greater Stitchwort +20
- Epipactis helleborine x purpurata = E. x schulzeiEpipactis helleborine x purpurata = E. x schulzei
- Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
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Broad-leaved Helleborine
Epipactis helleborine
Epipactis helleborine
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