Long Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 44 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 44 ha
Places › England › South West › Somerset Getting here
51.15371, -3.45291
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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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Crossbill +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Crossbill +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Yellow Club, Butter Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap +12 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Yellow Club, Butter Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap +12 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Fern-leaved Hook-moss, Heath Plait-moss, Wood-rust +66 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Peacock +149 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monk's Path to Home Farm Blue Anchor Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MPBA Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to Minehead Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Coleridge Way Walking route 82 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 82 km Regional walking route
Show on map Macmillan Way West Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MWW Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Minehead to Carhampton Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Longcombe Lane restricted byway · 392 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 392 m Path type: track
Show on map Park Lane restricted byway · 1.7 km ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 1.7 km Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
2,444 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,444 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Crossbill · Siskin · Bullfinch +38
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2024 Siskin Spinus spinus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor2020 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Raven Corvus corax Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Linnet Linaria cannabina Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2020 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Whitethroat Curruca communis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2023 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2020 Stock Dove Columba oenas2020 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2020 Fallow Deer
🦎 Reptiles 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Adder Vipera berus2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Frog · Common Frog
Frog Rana Common Frog Rana temporaria2022 🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Minotaur Beetle · Syrphus · Dark Bush-cricket · Scaeva pyrastri +1
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2023 Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Syrphus Syrphus2022 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2021 Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Yellow Club · Parrot Waxcap · Butter Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Golden Waxcap +10
Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus Butter Waxcap Hygrocybe ceracea Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophana Tagell Binc Sidanaidd Entoloma sericeum Beige Coral Sweet Vernal-grass · Crested Dog's-tail · Hay-scented Buckler-fern · Lesser Trefoil · Alder +20
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Hay-scented Buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium Alder Alnus glutinosa Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis Common Soft-brome Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,444 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Pied Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Crossbill · Siskin · Bullfinch +38
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2024 Siskin Spinus spinus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor2020 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Raven Corvus corax Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Linnet Linaria cannabina Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2020 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Whitethroat Curruca communis Carrion Crow Corvus corone Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2023 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2020 Stock Dove Columba oenas2020 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2020 Fallow Deer
🦎 Reptiles 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Adder Vipera berus2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Frog · Common Frog
Frog Rana Common Frog Rana temporaria2022 🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Minotaur Beetle · Syrphus · Dark Bush-cricket · Scaeva pyrastri +1
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2023 Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Syrphus Syrphus2022 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2021 Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Yellow Club · Parrot Waxcap · Butter Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap · Golden Waxcap +10
Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus Butter Waxcap Hygrocybe ceracea Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophana Tagell Binc Sidanaidd Entoloma sericeum Beige Coral Sweet Vernal-grass · Crested Dog's-tail · Hay-scented Buckler-fern · Lesser Trefoil · Alder +20
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Hay-scented Buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium Alder Alnus glutinosa Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis Common Soft-brome Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
White-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lucorum2019
White-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lucorum2019 Clavulinopsis umbrinella
Clavulinopsis umbrinella
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe conica
Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes
Cap Cŵyr Gludiog Hygrocybe glutinipes
Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog Entoloma conferendum
Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog Entoloma conferendum
Oily Waxcap Hygrocybe quieta
Oily Waxcap Hygrocybe quieta
White Spindles Clavaria fragilis
White Spindles Clavaria fragilis
Crow Pinkgill Entoloma corvinum s. lat.
Crow Pinkgill Entoloma corvinum s. lat.
Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Goblet Waxcap Hygrocybe lepida
Goblet Waxcap Hygrocybe lepida Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta
Green-ribbed Sedge Carex binervis
Green-ribbed Sedge Carex binervis
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Hairy Wood-rush Luzula pilosa
Hairy Wood-rush Luzula pilosa Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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