New Seal Wood
✦ Ancient woodland95 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome95 ha
Getting here
51.78690, -2.08786
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 367m away — 2 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 367m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Conocephalum salebrosum · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 62 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Cranham Church to Crickley Hill)Walking route5.7 km▾
Named routeLength 5.7 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
13,940 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Raven · Robin · Blue Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Large White · Meadow Brown · Broad-bodied Chaser · Small White · Speckled Wood +10
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Raven · Robin · Blue Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Large White · Meadow Brown · Broad-bodied Chaser · Small White · Speckled Wood +10
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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