Jacob's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland46 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome46 ha
Getting here
52.31398, -2.41326
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- 🌿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, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 33 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Abberley Circular WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,320 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,320 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Greenfinch +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Bumblebee +17
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2021
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
- BumblebeeBombus2021
- Bombus lucorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,320 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Greenfinch +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Bumblebee +17
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2021
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
- BumblebeeBombus2021
- Bombus lucorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus lucorum2021
Bombus lucorum2021
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2023Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2022Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2022Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2021Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2021Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2021