Heriot's Wood - Grassland
2 ha
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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.62037, -0.32524
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,882 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,882 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Nuthatch · Robin · Magpie · Kestrel +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi · Batman Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +3
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Platycheirus albimanus
Hard Rush · Hawthorn · Goldilocks Buttercup · Brooklime · Creeping Bent +96
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Cardamine flexuosa x pratensis = C. x fringsiiCardamine flexuosa x pratensis = C. x fringsii
- Creeping Buttercup
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,882 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Nuthatch · Robin · Magpie · Kestrel +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi · Batman Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +3
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Platycheirus albimanus
Hard Rush · Hawthorn · Goldilocks Buttercup · Brooklime · Creeping Bent +96
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- Cardamine flexuosa x pratensis = C. x fringsiiCardamine flexuosa x pratensis = C. x fringsii
- Creeping Buttercup
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Ranunculus repens
Ranunculus repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaHeath-grassDanthonia decumbensHeath-grassDanthonia decumbensIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaClustered DockRumex conglomeratusClustered DockRumex conglomeratusPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusWood MelickMelica unifloraWood MelickMelica unifloraBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseWatercressNasturtium officinaleWatercressNasturtium officinaleAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusSanicleSanicula europaeaSanicleSanicula europaeaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansWestern Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophyllaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraYellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indicaYellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indicaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaOval SedgeCarex leporinaOval SedgeCarex leporinaBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaRumex sanguineus var. viridisRumex sanguineus var. viridisRumex sanguineus var. viridisRumex sanguineus var. viridisHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaWild PearPyrus pyrasterWild PearPyrus pyrasterMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataMidland HawthornCrataegus laevigataCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumBogbeanMenyanthes trifoliataBogbeanMenyanthes trifoliataCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaEvents & activities nearby
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