Priest Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.82138, -0.10954
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
STOOP Link Path 4 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 6 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
A 27 mile circular walking route around Stevenage
Named routeLocal walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Main RouteCycling route550 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 550 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route59 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route588 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 588 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route103 m▾
Named routeLength 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route91 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 91 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
30,662 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,662 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie +41
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Banded Demoiselle · Speckled Bush-cricket +4
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Bistort · Bank Haircap · Midland Hawthorn · Pyramidal Orchid · Wild Clary +3
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,662 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie +41
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Banded Demoiselle · Speckled Bush-cricket +4
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Bistort · Bank Haircap · Midland Hawthorn · Pyramidal Orchid · Wild Clary +3
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusBroom
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Cytisus scoparius
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris