Heddon's Mouth Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 15 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
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51.21969, -3.93066
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out £ 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 — Grey Wagtail, Robin, Herring Gull +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Grey Wagtail, Robin, Herring Gull +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Wood-sorrel, Bilberry, Sessile Oak +6 more foraging species
Varies
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Leptura aurulenta, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hay-scented Buckler-fern, Ground-ivy, Bell Heather +76 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Tarka Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TT Regional walking route
Show on map Heddon Valley to Woody Bay Walk Walking route 9.6 km ▾
Named route Length 9.6 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Gentle walk to Heddon's Mouth Walking route 3.2 km ▾
Named route Length 3.2 km Local walking route
Show on map Heddon's Mouth circular walk Walking route 3.2 km ▾
Named route Length 3.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Butterfly Walk Walking route 4.8 km ▾
Named route Length 4.8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 Regional cycle route
Show on map N/A Cycling route 16 m ▾
Named route Ref 51 Length 16 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 3.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 51 Length 3.6 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 34 m ▾
Named route Ref 51 Length 34 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 12.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 51 Length 12.8 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Heddon Valley Walk 26: Looking towards Heddon Gate Hotel
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Wildlife to spot
6,749 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,749 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 58 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Wagtail · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Chaffinch +53
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Coal Tit Periparus ater Raven Corvus corax Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Common Guillemot Uria aalge Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Razorbill Alca torda Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Rook Corvus frugilegus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Nuthatch Sitta europaea Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Common Gull Larus canus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria White Stork Ciconia ciconia Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Shag Gulosus aristotelis Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Whitethroat Curruca communis Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Swallow Hirundo rustica Gannet Morus bassanus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Water Shrew · Hazel Dormouse
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Water Shrew Neomys fodiens Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Adder · Common Lizard
Adder Vipera berus Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 12 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Minotaur Beetle · Deer Ked +7
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Deer Ked Lipoptena cervi Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,749 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 58 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Wagtail · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Chaffinch +53
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Coal Tit Periparus ater Raven Corvus corax Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Common Guillemot Uria aalge Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Razorbill Alca torda Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Rook Corvus frugilegus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Nuthatch Sitta europaea Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Common Gull Larus canus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria White Stork Ciconia ciconia Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Shag Gulosus aristotelis Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Whitethroat Curruca communis Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Swallow Hirundo rustica Gannet Morus bassanus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Water Shrew · Hazel Dormouse
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Water Shrew Neomys fodiens Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Adder · Common Lizard
Adder Vipera berus Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 12 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Minotaur Beetle · Deer Ked +7
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Deer Ked Lipoptena cervi Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptura aurulenta Leptura aurulenta
Leptura aurulenta Leptura aurulenta
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata 