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Embley Park

✦ Ancient woodland13 ha

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

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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
🐕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

🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Moorhen +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Moorhen +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Fern-leaved Beggarticks +6 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +115 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +115 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Test WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Keble WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route567 m

Named routeRef 24Length 567 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route143 m

Named routeRef 24Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route109 m

Named routeRef 24Length 109 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mallard · Blackbird · Moorhen · Robin · Wren +70

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica2023
Great TitParus major2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SwiftApus apus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2019
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2019
Coal TitPeriparus ater2015
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
CootFulica atra2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2018
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2015
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
TealAnas crecca2018
Water RailRallus aquaticus2018
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2018
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2018
GoosanderMergus merganser2018
CuckooCuculus canorus2018
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2017
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2014

🦌

Mammals15 species

spring

2025

Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel +10

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
StoatMustela erminea2023
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2014
OtterLutra lutra
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
BadgerMeles meles2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2019
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2014

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2020

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects118 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet +113

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2014
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2014
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2015
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2015
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2014
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2014
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2014
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2014
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2014
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2014
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2014
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2014
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2014
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2014
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2014
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2014
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2014
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2014
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2014
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018
Black ArchesLymantria monacha2015
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2015
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2014
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2014
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2014
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2014
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2014
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2015
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2015
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2015
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2015
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2015
CoronetCraniophora ligustri2015
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015
December MothPoecilocampa populi2014
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2014
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2014
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2014
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2014
Bordered BeautyEpione repandaria2014
SyrphusSyrphus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022
Wood CricketNemobius sylvestris2021
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
NeophilaenusNeophilaenus2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2019
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2019
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2018
Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2018
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018
Long-tailed BlueLampides boeticus2018
Clouded YellowColias croceus2015
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2015
Peacock MothMacaria notata2015
Mullein WaveScopula marginepunctata2015
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015
Lobster MothStauropus fagi2015
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2015
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2015
ClayMythimna ferrago2015
Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2015
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana2015
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2015
Plain WaveIdaea straminata2015
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2015
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2015
Peppered MothBiston betularia2015
Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2015
Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2015
HornetVespa crabro2015
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2014
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2014
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2014
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2014
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2014
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2014
Four-spotted FootmanLithosia quadra2014
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2014
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2014
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2014
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2014
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2014
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2014
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2014
Barred Hook-tipWatsonalla cultraria2014
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2014
Buff FootmanEilema depressa2014
Balsam CarpetXanthorhoe biriviata2014
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2014
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2014
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2014

🌿

Plants9 species

winter

2023

Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Fern-leaved Beggarticks · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons +4

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Fern-leaved BeggarticksBidens ferulifolia2022
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
RamsonsAllium ursinum2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022
Grape HyacinthMuscari2022
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,730 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mallard · Blackbird · Moorhen · Robin · Wren +70

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica2023
Great TitParus major2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
SwiftApus apus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2019
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2019
Coal TitPeriparus ater2015
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
CootFulica atra2022
NuthatchSitta europaea2018
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2015
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
TealAnas crecca2018
Water RailRallus aquaticus2018
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2018
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2018
GoosanderMergus merganser2018
CuckooCuculus canorus2018
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2017
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2014

🦌

Mammals15 species

spring

2025

Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel +10

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
StoatMustela erminea2023
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2014
OtterLutra lutra
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
BadgerMeles meles2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2019
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2014

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2020

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects118 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet +113

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2014
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2014
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2015
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2015
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2014
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2014
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2014
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2014
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2014
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2014
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2014
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2014
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2014
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2014
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2014
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2014
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2014
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2014
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2014
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018
Black ArchesLymantria monacha2015
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2015
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2014
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2014
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2014
Common WaveCabera exanthemata2014
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2014
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2015
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2015
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2015
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2015
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2015
CoronetCraniophora ligustri2015
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015
December MothPoecilocampa populi2014
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2014
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2014
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2014
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2014
Bordered BeautyEpione repandaria2014
SyrphusSyrphus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens2023
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022
Wood CricketNemobius sylvestris2021
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
NeophilaenusNeophilaenus2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2019
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2019
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2018
Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2018
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018
Long-tailed BlueLampides boeticus2018
Clouded YellowColias croceus2015
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2015
Peacock MothMacaria notata2015
Mullein WaveScopula marginepunctata2015
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015
Lobster MothStauropus fagi2015
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2015
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2015
ClayMythimna ferrago2015
Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2015
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana2015
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2015
Plain WaveIdaea straminata2015
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2015
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2015
Peppered MothBiston betularia2015
Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2015
Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2015
HornetVespa crabro2015
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2014
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2014
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2014
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2014
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2014
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2014
Four-spotted FootmanLithosia quadra2014
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2014
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2014
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2014
Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2014
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2014
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2014
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula2014
Barred Hook-tipWatsonalla cultraria2014
Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2014
Buff FootmanEilema depressa2014
Balsam CarpetXanthorhoe biriviata2014
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2014
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2014
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2014

🌿

Plants9 species

winter

2023

Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Fern-leaved Beggarticks · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons +4

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Fern-leaved BeggarticksBidens ferulifolia2022
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
RamsonsAllium ursinum2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022
Grape HyacinthMuscari2022
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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