🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.08003, 0.31598
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Harcamlow Waybridleway · 964 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 964 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
4,499 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,499 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Chiffchaff · Yellowhammer · Robin · Carrion Crow +32
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer +7
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Black Clock · Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle +1
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
- Field Grasshopper
White Campion · Herb-Robert · Hogweed · Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle +24
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,499 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025▾
Skylark · Chiffchaff · Yellowhammer · Robin · Carrion Crow +32
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Badger · Rabbit · Roe Deer +7
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Black Clock · Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle +1
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
- Field Grasshopper
White Campion · Herb-Robert · Hogweed · Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle +24
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024Red FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesBrown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Common ShrewSorex araneus2025Common ShrewSorex araneus2025MoleTalpa europaea2023MoleTalpa europaea2023Chorthippus brunneus2023
Chorthippus brunneus2023
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