Meesdenhall Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.96982, 0.09176
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 🍄 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens, Flavoplaca limonia, Flavoplaca austrocitrina +102 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens, Flavoplaca limonia, Flavoplaca austrocitrina +102 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Variable-leaved Crestwort, Minute Pouncewort +44 more · last seen 2019
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +238 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +238 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +41 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Wood Lane public footpath · 21 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 21 m Path type: track
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Wood Lane bridleway · 250 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 250 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map Willoughby Lane bridleway · 1.2 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1.2 km Path type: bridleway
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
3,330 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,330 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Dunnock · Wren +38
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2022 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2021 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2021 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Barbastelle +1
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Badger Meles meles2019 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2023 ▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Toxonevra muliebris · Marmalade Hoverfly +24
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2024 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,330 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Dunnock · Wren +38
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2022 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2021 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2021 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Barbastelle +1
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Badger Meles meles2019 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2023 ▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Toxonevra muliebris · Marmalade Hoverfly +24
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2024 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Scarlet Malachite Beetle Malachius aeneus
Scarlet Malachite Beetle Malachius aeneus
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2024
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Empis livida Empis livida2021
Empis livida Empis livida2021
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 