Gratleigh Wood
✦ Ancient woodland21 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
50.96075, -3.97026
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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
- 🌿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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Great Tit, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Great Tit, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Foxglove, Hawthorn, Bramble +185 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Bramble, Blackthorn +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Large White +175 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Large White +175 more · last seen 2023
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
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Wildlife to spot
5,577 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,577 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Nuthatch · Kestrel · Chaffinch · Mallard +39
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Hazel Dormouse · Otter · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana2021
Ringlet · Red Admiral · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Empis trigramma · Lasioglossum +68
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Empis trigrammaEmpis trigramma2022
- LasioglossumLasioglossum2022
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
🌿Plants19 species
springsummer
2024▾
Cleavers · Hawthorn · Foxglove · Ivy · Blackthorn +14
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- IvyHedera helix
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Bramble
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,577 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Nuthatch · Kestrel · Chaffinch · Mallard +39
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Hazel Dormouse · Otter · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana2021
Ringlet · Red Admiral · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Empis trigramma · Lasioglossum +68
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Empis trigrammaEmpis trigramma2022
- LasioglossumLasioglossum2022
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
🌿Plants19 species
springsummer
2024▾
Cleavers · Hawthorn · Foxglove · Ivy · Blackthorn +14
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- IvyHedera helix
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Bramble
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
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Rubus fruticosus
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