Fir Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 14 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 14 ha
Places › England › South West › North Somerset Getting here
51.44352, -2.84424
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 161m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 161m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Ivy-leaved Toadflax · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 73 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gordano Round Walking route 42 km ▾
Named route Length 42 km Local walking route
Show on map Nailsea Round Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Round Yatton Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RYW Local walking route
Show on map Cadbury Camp Ramble, Bristol Countryside Walking route 3.2 km ▾
Walk through the Somerset countryside & spot wildlife like the silver-washed fritillary butterfly & six-spot burnet moth. Encounter Cadbury Camp Iron Age hillfort & views across the Severn Estuary & Mendips. Uneven surface, gates, stiles & steep gradients
Named route Length 3.2 km Duration 01:10 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Loop Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Valley Road public footpath · 58 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 58 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Rippleside Road public footpath · 22 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 22 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Old Park Road public footpath · 78 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 78 m Surface compacted Path type: residential
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 26 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 26 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 26 National Cycle Network
Show on map Crabtree Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CP Local cycle route
Show on map Kennaway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref KP Local cycle route
Show on map Route 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 National Cycle Network
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
87,152 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 87,152 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +47
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Herring Gull Larus argentatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Raven Corvus corax Blackbird Turdus merula Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Redwing Turdus iliacus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Turnstone Arenaria interpres Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia Curlew Numenius arquata Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common Gull Larus canus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Stock Dove Columba oenas Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Linnet Linaria cannabina Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redshank Tringa totanus Jay Garrulus glandarius House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Brown Hare
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐝 Insects 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Carabus problematicus · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Water Bent · Yellow Oat-grass · Spotted Medick · Procumbent Pearlwort · Shining Crane's-bill +58
Water Bent Polypogon viridis Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens Spotted Medick Medicago arabica Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum Annual Wall-rocket Diplotaxis muralis Petty Spurge Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 87,152 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +47
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Herring Gull Larus argentatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Raven Corvus corax Blackbird Turdus merula Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Redwing Turdus iliacus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Turnstone Arenaria interpres Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia Curlew Numenius arquata Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common Gull Larus canus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Stock Dove Columba oenas Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Linnet Linaria cannabina Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redshank Tringa totanus Jay Garrulus glandarius House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Brown Hare
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐝 Insects 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Carabus problematicus · Platycheirus albimanus · Eristalis pertinax
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Water Bent · Yellow Oat-grass · Spotted Medick · Procumbent Pearlwort · Shining Crane's-bill +58
Water Bent Polypogon viridis Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens Spotted Medick Medicago arabica Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum Annual Wall-rocket Diplotaxis muralis Petty Spurge Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Euphorbia peplus
Euphorbia peplus
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Sea Radish Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus
Sea Radish Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis
Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata
White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata
Polygonum aviculare Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare Polygonum aviculare
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Musk Stork's-bill Erodium moschatum
Musk Stork's-bill Erodium moschatum
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare
Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis
Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sea Beet Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Sea Beet Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Hoary Plantain Plantago media
Hoary Plantain Plantago media
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Evergreen Oak Quercus ilex
Evergreen Oak Quercus ilex
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum
Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Pale Galingale Cyperus eragrostis
Pale Galingale Cyperus eragrostis
Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata
Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata 