Green Side Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland20 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
52.44175, -0.55286
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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
🦅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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Wildlife to spot
5,750 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,750 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummer
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Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Wren · Blackbird +41
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- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Hazel Dormouse · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Scarce Chaser · Four-spotted Chaser · Broad-bodied Chaser · Dock Bug +24
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
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springsummer
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Giant Hogweed · Wood-sorrel · Greater Burnet-saxifrage · Tall Melilot
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2024
- Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,750 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Wren · Blackbird +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Hazel Dormouse · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Scarce Chaser · Four-spotted Chaser · Broad-bodied Chaser · Dock Bug +24
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
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springsummer
2025▾
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- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2024
- Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2024
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