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Molesden Wood

✦ Ancient woodland21 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha

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55.15730, -1.78393

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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

Good to know

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

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Wood Speedwell, Wood Crane's-bill +292 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Common Sorrel, Stone Bramble +37 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Barn Owl, Treecreeper, Blackbird +35 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Barn Owl, Treecreeper, Blackbird +35 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus +124 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus +124 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

springsummer

2026

Little Egret · Barn Owl · Redstart · Treecreeper · Blackbird +6

Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects82 species

summer

2025

Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +77

Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2024
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2024
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2024
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2024
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2024
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
Criorhina berberinaCriorhina berberina2024
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2024
Livid SawflyTenthredo livida2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
LeucophoraLeucophora2024
Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2024
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor2024
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Fannia lustratorFannia lustrator2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Early Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
SpheginaSphegina2023
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2023
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Cheilosia scutellataCheilosia scutellata2023
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2023
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2023
Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2023
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2023
Field Digger WaspArgogorytes mystaceus2023
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023

🌿

Plants26 species

summer

2025

Agrimony · False-brome · Wood Crane's-bill · Green Hellebore · Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem +21

AgrimonyAgrimonia
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis2024
Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Common CouchElymus repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis2023
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
Martagon LilyLilium martagon2023
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

springsummer

2026

Little Egret · Barn Owl · Redstart · Treecreeper · Blackbird +6

Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects82 species

summer

2025

Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +77

Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2024
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2024
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2024
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2024
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2024
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2024
Empis lividaEmpis livida2024
Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
Criorhina berberinaCriorhina berberina2024
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2024
Livid SawflyTenthredo livida2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
LeucophoraLeucophora2024
Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2024
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor2024
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Fannia lustratorFannia lustrator2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Early Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
SpheginaSphegina2023
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2023
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Cheilosia scutellataCheilosia scutellata2023
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2023
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2023
Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2023
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2023
Field Digger WaspArgogorytes mystaceus2023
Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023

🌿

Plants26 species

summer

2025

Agrimony · False-brome · Wood Crane's-bill · Green Hellebore · Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem +21

AgrimonyAgrimonia
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis2024
Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Common CouchElymus repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Stone BrambleRubus saxatilis2023
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
Martagon LilyLilium martagon2023
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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