Dering Wood
✦ Ancient woodland159 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome159 ha
Getting here
51.16476, 0.71746
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Song Thrush +54 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Song Thrush +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Branched Bur-reed, Bluebell · last seen 2020
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, White Admiral +135 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, White Admiral +135 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,459 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,459 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Song Thrush · Robin · Blackcap · Chaffinch +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Hedgehog
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Meadow Grasshopper · Dark Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Speckled Bush-cricket +8
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,459 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Song Thrush · Robin · Blackcap · Chaffinch +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Hedgehog
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Meadow Grasshopper · Dark Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Speckled Bush-cricket +8
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad-bodied Chaser
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa2023
Libellula depressa2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataEuophryum confineEuophryum confine2025Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Anaglyptus mysticusAnaglyptus mysticus2023Anaglyptus mysticusAnaglyptus mysticus2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Events & activities nearby
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