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Lodge Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🌿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

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +99 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +99 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Firebug, Dock Bug, Azure Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Maurice Britton WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lodge Lanepublic footpath · 267 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 267 mPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 51Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

11,946 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,946 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Herring Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Curlew · Cormorant +55

Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TealAnas crecca
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RookCorvus frugilegus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CootFulica atra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common TernSterna hirundo
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Rock DoveColumba livia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GreenshankTringa nebularia

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Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,946 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2025

Herring Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Curlew · Cormorant +55

Herring GullLarus argentatus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TealAnas crecca
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RookCorvus frugilegus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CootFulica atra
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common TernSterna hirundo
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Rock DoveColumba livia
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GreenshankTringa nebularia

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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