Blackpool Wood - Grassland
21 ha
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🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
52.01077, -2.94434
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
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
10,458 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,458 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Otter · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +1
- OtterLutra lutra
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Small White +9
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,458 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Otter · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +1
- OtterLutra lutra
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Small White +9
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Pterostichus vernalisPterostichus vernalisPterostichus vernalisPterostichus vernalisGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Psammotettix confinisPsammotettix confinis2024Psammotettix confinisPsammotettix confinis2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024MacrostelesMacrosteles2024MacrostelesMacrosteles2024Javesella pellucidaJavesella pellucida2024Javesella pellucidaJavesella pellucida2024Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris2024Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024