Dilly Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
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51.85628, -0.04193
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +48 more · last seen 2025
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Daffodil, Round-leaved Fluellen, Dwarf Spurge +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +34 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +34 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Dandelion +3 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Circular Walk "Town to Country No 3" Walking route ▾
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Lover's Walk public footpath · 77 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 77 m Surface ground Path type: footway
Show on map Lover's Walk public footpath · 227 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 227 m Path type: footway
Show on map Lover's Walk public footpath · 23 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 23 m Path type: footway
Show on map 8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lowgate Lane byway open to all traffic · 409 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 409 m Surface unpaved Path type: service
Show on map Lowgate Lane byway open to all traffic · 403 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 403 m Path type: track
Show on map Lowgate Lane byway open to all traffic · 31 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 31 m Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Footpath through Low Wood
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Wildlife to spot
2,718 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,718 records · National Biodiversity Network Goldfinch · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin · Mistle Thrush +24
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 Rabbit · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Brown Hare +1
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Fallow Deer Dama dama Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Meadow Brown · Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Marbled White +14
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Marbled White Melanargia galathea2023 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Comma Polygonia c-album 🌿 Plants 24 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Round-leaved Fluellen · False Oat-grass · Daffodil · Cleavers · Dandelion +19
Round-leaved Fluellen Kickxia spuria2021 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus Cleavers Galium aparine Dandelion Taraxacum Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,718 records · National Biodiversity Network Goldfinch · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin · Mistle Thrush +24
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 Rabbit · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Brown Hare +1
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Fallow Deer Dama dama Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Meadow Brown · Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Marbled White +14
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Marbled White Melanargia galathea2023 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Comma Polygonia c-album 🌿 Plants 24 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Round-leaved Fluellen · False Oat-grass · Daffodil · Cleavers · Dandelion +19
Round-leaved Fluellen Kickxia spuria2021 False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus Cleavers Galium aparine Dandelion Taraxacum Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2023
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2023
Green-veined White Pieris napi2023
Green-veined White Pieris napi2023
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2023
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2023
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2022
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2022
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2023
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2023
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2023
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2023
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2023
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2023
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2023
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2023
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2022
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2022
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2022
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2022
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Cowslip Primula veris
Cowslip Primula veris
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Pignut Conopodium majus
Pignut Conopodium majus
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis2023
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis2023
Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium2023
Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium2023
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis2021
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis2021
Broad-leaved Spurge Euphorbia platyphyllos2021
Broad-leaved Spurge Euphorbia platyphyllos2021
Common Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus2021
Common Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus2021
Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua2021
Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua2021
Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxia elatine2021
Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxia elatine2021 