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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.55782, -0.57897
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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
- 🅿️Parking 186m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 186m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Coot, Robin +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beeches WayWalking route25 km▾
Named routeLength 25 kmLocal walking route
South Bucks WayWalking route23 km▾
Named routeLength 23 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal (Slough Arm) WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN route 461Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 461National Cycle Network
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Beeches CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route574 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 574 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route448 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
14 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
14,296 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,296 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red Deer · Red Fox
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects7 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cymus melanocephalus · Uleiota planatus · Ulopa reticulata · Bishop's Mitre · Western Conifer Seed Bug +2
- Cymus melanocephalusCymus melanocephalus
- Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus
- Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,296 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red Deer · Red Fox
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects7 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cymus melanocephalus · Uleiota planatus · Ulopa reticulata · Bishop's Mitre · Western Conifer Seed Bug +2
- Cymus melanocephalusCymus melanocephalus
- Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus
- Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Banded Pine WeevilPissodes castaneus2025Banded Pine WeevilPissodes castaneus2025Events & activities nearby
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