Langley Wood
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.48176, -1.29695
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
- 🌿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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rook, Woodpigeon, Pheasant +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Cleavers, Hawthorn, Common Nettle +146 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +50 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eling WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Old Streetrestricted byway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.3 kmPath type: track
Photos
The A34 heading north by Langley Wood
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Wildlife to spot
2,798 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,798 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rook · Jackdaw · Wren · Corn Bunting · Skylark +34
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Grey Squirrel · Indet. Deer · Polecat-Ferret · Otter · Brown Hare +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Marble · Dark Bush-cricket · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Nut Weevil · Hornet Robberfly +5
- Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Nut WeevilCurculio nucum2025
- Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,798 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rook · Jackdaw · Wren · Corn Bunting · Skylark +34
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Grey Squirrel · Indet. Deer · Polecat-Ferret · Otter · Brown Hare +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Marble · Dark Bush-cricket · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Nut Weevil · Hornet Robberfly +5
- Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Nut WeevilCurculio nucum2025
- Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adonis' Ladybird
Adonis' Ladybird
Hippodamia variegata2025
Hippodamia variegata2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Events & activities nearby
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