Druid's Combe Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 37 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 37 ha
Places › England › South West › Somerset Getting here
51.13027, -3.43562
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🥾 Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat 🐕 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 🥾 Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat 🐕 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Very strong match
3 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🐶 Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +66 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +66 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Verrucaria, Lecidella scabra, Peltigera polydactylon +103 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Verrucaria, Lecidella scabra, Peltigera polydactylon +103 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, American Skunk-cabbage +1 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monk's Path to Home Farm Blue Anchor Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MPBA Local walking route
Show on map Coleridge Way Walking route 82 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 82 km Regional walking route
Show on map Macmillan Way West Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MWW Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Minehead to Carhampton Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Steam Coast Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Stouts Way Lane entering Druid's Combe Wood
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Wildlife to spot
3,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,064 records · National Biodiversity Network Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Wren · Blackbird +34
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2022 Siskin Spinus spinus2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2021 Raven Corvus corax2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2021 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Coal Tit Periparus ater2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2021 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2021 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Linnet Linaria cannabina2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2021 Hazel Dormouse · Sorex · Wood Mouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Sorex Sorex2020 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2022 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 3 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Glow-worm · Scaeva pyrastri
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2022 Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2020 Goblet Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Tagell Binc Sidanaidd · Butter Waxcap · Beige Coral +9
Goblet Waxcap Hygrocybe lepida Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus Tagell Binc Sidanaidd Entoloma sericeum Butter Waxcap Hygrocybe ceracea Beige Coral Clavulinopsis umbrinella Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Blackening Waxcap Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · American Skunk-cabbage · White Dead-nettle · Wild Cherry +16
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus2020 White Dead-nettle Lamium album2019 Wild Cherry Prunus avium2019 Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,064 records · National Biodiversity Network Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Wren · Blackbird +34
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2022 Siskin Spinus spinus2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2021 Raven Corvus corax2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum2021 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2021 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Coal Tit Periparus ater2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2021 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2021 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Linnet Linaria cannabina2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2021 Hazel Dormouse · Sorex · Wood Mouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Sorex Sorex2020 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2022 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 3 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Glow-worm · Scaeva pyrastri
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2022 Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2020 Goblet Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Tagell Binc Sidanaidd · Butter Waxcap · Beige Coral +9
Goblet Waxcap Hygrocybe lepida Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus Tagell Binc Sidanaidd Entoloma sericeum Butter Waxcap Hygrocybe ceracea Beige Coral Clavulinopsis umbrinella Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Blackening Waxcap Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · American Skunk-cabbage · White Dead-nettle · Wild Cherry +16
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2021 American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus2020 White Dead-nettle Lamium album2019 Wild Cherry Prunus avium2019 Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hygrocybe conica
Hygrocybe conica
Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes
Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes
Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus
Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus
Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog Entoloma conferendum
Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog Entoloma conferendum
Oily Waxcap Hygrocybe quieta
Oily Waxcap Hygrocybe quieta
White Spindles Clavaria fragilis
White Spindles Clavaria fragilis
Crow Pinkgill Entoloma corvinum s. lat.
Crow Pinkgill Entoloma corvinum s. lat.
Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis 2019
2019
Dog-rose Rosa canina2019
Dog-rose Rosa canina2019
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa2019
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa2019
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2019
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2019
Hazel Corylus avellana2019
Hazel Corylus avellana2019
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2019
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2019
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia2019
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia2019
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2019
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2019
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2019
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2019
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum2019
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum2019
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca2019
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca2019
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2019
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2019
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2019
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2019
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2019
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2019
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2019
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2019
Polypodium vulgare Polypodium vulgare2019
Polypodium vulgare Polypodium vulgare2019 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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