South Wood
✦ Ancient woodland26 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
52.81508, -0.48656
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Water Avens, Pedunculate Oak, Field Maple +2 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Rose Mildew, Plantain Mildew, Rose Rust +4 more · last seen 2017; Fungi — Rose Mildew, Plantain Mildew, Rose Rust +4 more · last seen 2017
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Kestrel, Pheasant, Little Owl +15 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +39 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +39 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Danelaw WayWalking route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,607 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,607 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds10 species
winterspring
2023▾
Waxwing · Little Egret · Fieldfare · Redwing · Robin +5
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Peacock · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady · Small White · Wasp Beetle +10
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2021
Pedunculate Oak · Cow Parsley · Annual Meadow-grass · Curled Dock · Wild Teasel +120
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,607 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds10 species
winterspring
2023▾
Waxwing · Little Egret · Fieldfare · Redwing · Robin +5
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Peacock · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady · Small White · Wasp Beetle +10
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2021
Pedunculate Oak · Cow Parsley · Annual Meadow-grass · Curled Dock · Wild Teasel +120
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
