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Short Wood

3 ha

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Yellowhammer +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Yellowhammer +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Drab Griever, Pied Strider, Marked Dawn-treader +54 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Drab Griever, Pied Strider, Marked Dawn-treader +54 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Bee Orchid, Giant Hogweed +71 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Bee Orchid, Giant Hogweed +71 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Elder, White Dead-nettle, Meadowsweet +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

John Bunyan TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km

Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Beds)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Bedford Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef GWRound tripLocal cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Route 8ACycling route

Named routeRef 8ALocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

12 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

2,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Yellowhammer · Rook · Carrion Crow +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
MagpiePica pica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great TitParus major2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
CootFulica atra2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
Red KiteMilvus milvus2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
RavenCorvus corax2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2018
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2017
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2017
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
Common GullLarus canus2015

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2023

Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🐝

Insects57 species

spring

2024

Drab Griever · Marked Dawn-treader · Pied Strider · Vetchling Nematine · Hawthorn Sawyer +52

Drab GrieverDolerus nigratus2022
Marked Dawn-treaderEmpria liturata2022
Pied StriderPachyprotasis rapae2022
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2022
Hawthorn SawyerPristiphora armata2022
Yellowhorn Sloe-borerHoplocampa fulvicornis2021
Small Blackthorn SawyerPristiphora monogyniae2021
Excised Dawn-treaderEmpria excisa2020
Insular SawyerPristiphora insularis2019
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Lichtwardt’s Grass NematineEuura lichtwardti2022
Bronze GrieverDolerus aeneus2022
Vestigial WeeperDolerus vestigialis2022
8-spot Dawn-treaderEmpria pumila2022
Torpedo SawflyNematus lucidus2022
Red-legged Bramble-cutterMonophadnoides ruficruris2022
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2022
Orange Bedstraw SawflyHalidamia affinis2022
Pallid Buttercup SawflyMonophadnus pallescens2021
Lesser Haw-borerHoplocampa pectoralis2021
Field Maple Disc-minerHeterarthrus wuestneii2020
Two-tone SawyerPristiphora biscalis2020
Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019
Bloody GrieverDolerus haematodes2019
Yellowbellied Sloe-borerHoplocampa chrysorrhoea2019
Pitted GrieverDolerus puncticollis2019
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2019
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2019
Belted TigressAthalia bicolor2018
Stag KnucklehornCladius pectinicornis2018
Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2018
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2018
Smoky GrieverDolerus fumosus2018
Wilke's Mining BeeAndrena wilkella2018
Variegated StriderPachyprotasis variegata2018
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2018
Anaglyptus mysticusAnaglyptus mysticus2018
Small Sallow Mining BeeAndrena praecox2017
Green Furrow BeeLasioglossum morio2017
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2017
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2017
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2017
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne2017
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2017
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016
CommaPolygonia c-album2016
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2016
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2016
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2016
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2016
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Grass RivuletPerizoma albulata2016
Large WhitePieris brassicae2016

🌿

Plants72 species

springsummer

2024

Early-purple Orchid · Bee Orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Giant Hogweed · Pyramidal Orchid +67

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2021
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2017
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2017
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2015
AshFraxinus excelsior2015
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015
Spiked Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum pyrenaicum2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Globe ArtichokeCynara cardunculus2021
Sulphur CloverTrifolium ochroleucon2021
ElecampaneInula helenium2020
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2017
Gymnadenia conopseaGymnadenia conopsea2017
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017
White Dead-nettleLamium album2017
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2016
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2016
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2015
ElderSambucus nigra2015
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2015
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2015
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2015
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2015
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2015
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2015
BoxBuxus sempervirens2015
Dog-roseRosa canina2015
PignutConopodium majus2015
YarrowAchillea millefolium2015
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2015
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2015
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2015
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2015
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2015
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015
CowslipPrimula veris2015
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2015
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2015
CleaversGalium aparine2015
Common NettleUrtica dioica2015
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2015
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2015
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2015
Greater PlantainPlantago major2015
BetonyBetonica officinalis2015
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2015
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2015
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2015
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2015
ElmUlmus2015
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2015
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2015
Field MapleAcer campestre2015
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2015
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2015
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2015
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2015
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2015
Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2015
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2015
BrambleRubus fruticosus2015
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2015
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2015
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2015
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2015
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Yellowhammer · Rook · Carrion Crow +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
MagpiePica pica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Great TitParus major2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
CootFulica atra2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
Red KiteMilvus milvus2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwiftApus apus2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
RavenCorvus corax2020
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2018
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2017
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2017
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
Common GullLarus canus2015

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2023

Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🐝

Insects57 species

spring

2024

Drab Griever · Marked Dawn-treader · Pied Strider · Vetchling Nematine · Hawthorn Sawyer +52

Drab GrieverDolerus nigratus2022
Marked Dawn-treaderEmpria liturata2022
Pied StriderPachyprotasis rapae2022
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2022
Hawthorn SawyerPristiphora armata2022
Yellowhorn Sloe-borerHoplocampa fulvicornis2021
Small Blackthorn SawyerPristiphora monogyniae2021
Excised Dawn-treaderEmpria excisa2020
Insular SawyerPristiphora insularis2019
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Lichtwardt’s Grass NematineEuura lichtwardti2022
Bronze GrieverDolerus aeneus2022
Vestigial WeeperDolerus vestigialis2022
8-spot Dawn-treaderEmpria pumila2022
Torpedo SawflyNematus lucidus2022
Red-legged Bramble-cutterMonophadnoides ruficruris2022
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2022
Orange Bedstraw SawflyHalidamia affinis2022
Pallid Buttercup SawflyMonophadnus pallescens2021
Lesser Haw-borerHoplocampa pectoralis2021
Field Maple Disc-minerHeterarthrus wuestneii2020
Two-tone SawyerPristiphora biscalis2020
Wheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019
Bloody GrieverDolerus haematodes2019
Yellowbellied Sloe-borerHoplocampa chrysorrhoea2019
Pitted GrieverDolerus puncticollis2019
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis2019
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2019
Belted TigressAthalia bicolor2018
Stag KnucklehornCladius pectinicornis2018
Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2018
Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2018
Smoky GrieverDolerus fumosus2018
Wilke's Mining BeeAndrena wilkella2018
Variegated StriderPachyprotasis variegata2018
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2018
Anaglyptus mysticusAnaglyptus mysticus2018
Small Sallow Mining BeeAndrena praecox2017
Green Furrow BeeLasioglossum morio2017
Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2017
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2017
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2017
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne2017
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2017
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2016
CommaPolygonia c-album2016
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2016
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2016
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2016
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2016
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016
Grass RivuletPerizoma albulata2016
Large WhitePieris brassicae2016

🌿

Plants72 species

springsummer

2024

Early-purple Orchid · Bee Orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Giant Hogweed · Pyramidal Orchid +67

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2021
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2017
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2017
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
White CloverTrifolium repens2015
AshFraxinus excelsior2015
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015
Spiked Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum pyrenaicum2023
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2023
Globe ArtichokeCynara cardunculus2021
Sulphur CloverTrifolium ochroleucon2021
ElecampaneInula helenium2020
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2017
Gymnadenia conopseaGymnadenia conopsea2017
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2017
White Dead-nettleLamium album2017
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2017
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2016
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2016
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2015
ElderSambucus nigra2015
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2015
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2015
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2015
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2015
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2015
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2015
BoxBuxus sempervirens2015
Dog-roseRosa canina2015
PignutConopodium majus2015
YarrowAchillea millefolium2015
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2015
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2015
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2015
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2015
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2015
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015
CowslipPrimula veris2015
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2015
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2015
CleaversGalium aparine2015
Common NettleUrtica dioica2015
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2015
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2015
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2015
Greater PlantainPlantago major2015
BetonyBetonica officinalis2015
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2015
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2015
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2015
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2015
ElmUlmus2015
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2015
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2015
Field MapleAcer campestre2015
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2015
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2015
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2015
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2015
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2015
Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2015
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2015
BrambleRubus fruticosus2015
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2015
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2015
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2015
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2015
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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