Twyford Woods
✦ Ancient woodland9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.80024, -0.59053
Open directionsv
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
- 🅿️Twyford Wood 270m 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
- 🅿️Twyford Wood 270m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2024
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +30 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Blue, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +30 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Danelaw WayWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
A walk through Twyford Wood: No 8
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Wildlife to spot
15,588 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,588 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Adder
Fern-grass · Smooth Hawk's-beard · Ribwort Plantain · Dock · Cock's-foot +61
- Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DockRumex
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,588 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Adder
Fern-grass · Smooth Hawk's-beard · Ribwort Plantain · Dock · Cock's-foot +61
- Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DockRumex
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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