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Moorgarden Wood

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

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

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe +92 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe +92 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

St Peter's WayWalking route66 km

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

South Hanningfield Waypublic footpath · 999 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 999 mPath type: footway

South Hanningfield Waypublic footpath · 519 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 519 mPath type: footway

South Hanningfield Waypublic footpath · 125 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 125 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route448 m

Named routeRef 13Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route527 m

Named routeRef 13Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route96 m

Named routeRef 13Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.8 km

Named routeRef 13Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Grange Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.1 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.1 kmSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

27,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Lapwing · Jackdaw · Long-tailed Tit +56

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025

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Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Yellow Brain

Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,644 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Lapwing · Jackdaw · Long-tailed Tit +56

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Yellow Brain

Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 terry joyce · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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