Muckinger Wood
✦ Ancient woodland18 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.13412, 0.99368
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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Dandelion, Bramble +18 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Selfheal, Herb-Robert +132 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
Valley Lanepublic footpath · 353 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 353 mPath type: track
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route834 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 834 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route752 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 752 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,127 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,127 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Chiffchaff +35
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Red Clover · Blackthorn · Red Campion · Field Pansy · Lesser Burdock +107
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,127 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Chiffchaff +35
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Red Clover · Blackthorn · Red Campion · Field Pansy · Lesser Burdock +107
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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