Pickworth Great Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.72654, -0.53944
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
🍂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 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,445 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Tufted Duck · Crossbill · Chiffchaff · Robin +14
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Oyster Gall Causer · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. · Common Spangle Causer · Dasineura pustulans
- Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic
- Dasineura pustulansDasineura pustulans
🍄Fungi5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Phragmidium bulbosum · Erysiphe pisi · Umbellifer Mildew · Oak Mildew · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Phragmidium bulbosumPhragmidium bulbosum
- Erysiphe pisiErysiphe pisi
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Meadowsweet · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tufted Vetch · Meadow Vetchling · Goat's-beard +112
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,445 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Tufted Duck · Crossbill · Chiffchaff · Robin +14
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Oyster Gall Causer · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. · Common Spangle Causer · Dasineura pustulans
- Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic
- Dasineura pustulansDasineura pustulans
🍄Fungi5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Phragmidium bulbosum · Erysiphe pisi · Umbellifer Mildew · Oak Mildew · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Phragmidium bulbosumPhragmidium bulbosum
- Erysiphe pisiErysiphe pisi
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Meadowsweet · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tufted Vetch · Meadow Vetchling · Goat's-beard +112
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas