Fryerning Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.68555, 0.33427
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
- 🌿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
🦅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 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 9.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Mapletree Lanebridleway · 862 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 862 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
6,545 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,545 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Dunnock · Skylark +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Rabbit +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Box Tree Moth · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Cantharis lateralis · Common Blue Damselfly +13
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,545 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Dunnock · Skylark +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Rabbit +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Box Tree Moth · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Cantharis lateralis · Common Blue Damselfly +13
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2020NoctuleNyctalus noctula20207-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2020
Coccinella septempunctata2020
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2020Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Events & activities nearby
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