Harrocks Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.66765, -0.45770
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 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rickmansworth to Croxley GreenCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Meadow Way, Rickmansworth to NCN61Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,970 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,970 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Magpie · Rook +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Eupeodes latifasciatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhinoceros Beetle +10
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
- Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Common Smoothcap · Mistletoe
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,970 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Magpie · Rook +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Eupeodes latifasciatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhinoceros Beetle +10
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
- Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Common Smoothcap · Mistletoe
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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