Hay Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland18 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.93923, -2.45456
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 63m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 63m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Poets' Path No 1Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP1Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Daffodil WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef dafLocal walking route
Poets' Path No 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP2Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Gloucester to Kilcot)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
7,289 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,289 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit +29
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter +13
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Green-winged Orchid
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,289 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit +29
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter +13
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Green-winged Orchid
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella2025
Coenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025