Bottom Wood - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.64222, -0.52784
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 454m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 454m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 12)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rickmansworth to Croxley GreenCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bullsland Lanebridleway · 231 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 231 mPath type: service
Bullsland Lanebridleway · 90 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 90 mPath type: bridleway
Bullsland Lanebridleway · 654 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 654 mPath type: bridleway
Bullsland Lanebridleway · 68 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 68 mPath type: service
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31,902 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,902 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Robin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +33
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
Rose Chafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pavid Willow Nematine · 16-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +14
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,902 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Magpie · Robin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +33
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
Rose Chafer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pavid Willow Nematine · 16-spot Ladybird · Common Earwig +14
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025