Embley Wood
✦ Ancient woodland16 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
50.97521, -1.53298
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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Fern-leaved Beggarticks · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Brimstone +21 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Brimstone +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Keble WayWalking route▾
25 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
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Wildlife to spot
10,838 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mallard · Kestrel · Rock Dove · Stonechat · Linnet +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Rat
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Peacock · Large White · Orange-tip · Small White · Brimstone +10
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2025▾
Mallard · Kestrel · Rock Dove · Stonechat · Linnet +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Brown Rat
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Peacock · Large White · Orange-tip · Small White · Brimstone +10
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusPainted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024