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Redbeard's Wood

✦ Ancient woodland10 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
🐕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

🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
🐕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

8 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +28 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +28 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Yellow Underwing +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Yellow Underwing +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +28 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km

Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route

Named routeRef LW04Local walking route

🐴

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Blooms Farm Lanebridleway · 158 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 158 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

15,810 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,810 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Dunnock +30

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RavenCorvus corax
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024

🐝

Insects77 species

autumn

2025

Large Yellow Underwing · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Lunar Underwing · Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +72

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
November MothEpirrita dilutata2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
MallowLarentia clavaria2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Large RanunculusPolymixis flavicincta2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2019
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
BrickSunira circellaris2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
Bulrush WainscotNonagria typhae2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
NutmegAnarta trifolii2019
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019
Large NutmegApamea anceps2019
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2019
Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,810 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Dunnock +30

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RavenCorvus corax
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024

🐝

Insects77 species

autumn

2025

Large Yellow Underwing · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Lunar Underwing · Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +72

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
November MothEpirrita dilutata2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
MallowLarentia clavaria2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019
Large RanunculusPolymixis flavicincta2019
Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2019
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
BrickSunira circellaris2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
Bulrush WainscotNonagria typhae2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
NutmegAnarta trifolii2019
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019
Large NutmegApamea anceps2019
Cloaked MinorMesoligia furuncula2019
Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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