Parham Wood
✦ Ancient woodland24 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
52.20359, 1.36695
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Mugwort, Lords-and-Ladies, Goat Willow +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +25 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +25 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Line Tree Walkpublic footpath · 596 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 596 mPath type: path
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,743 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,743 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +46
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Water Vole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Cockchafer · 16-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Rosemary Beetle
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Mugwort · Common Fleabane · White Clover · Ground-ivy · Greater Pond-sedge +10
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,743 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +46
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Water Vole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Cockchafer · 16-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Rosemary Beetle
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Mugwort · Common Fleabane · White Clover · Ground-ivy · Greater Pond-sedge +10
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2024Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2024Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024Bur ChervilAnthriscus caucalis2023Bur ChervilAnthriscus caucalis2023Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2022Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022Common VetchVicia sativa2022LarkspurConsolida ajacis2021LarkspurConsolida ajacis2021Events & activities nearby
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