Uffington New Wood
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.67790, -0.42010
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £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
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — New Zealand Pigmyweed, Common Fleabane, Lady's Bedstraw +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +40 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Meadowsweet, Elder, Hawthorn +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Teal · Mallard · Moorhen +21
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small White · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White +7
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lady's Bedstraw · Yarrow · Meadowsweet · Greater Plantain · Lesser Burdock +5
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Cleavers
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Teal · Mallard · Moorhen +21
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small White · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White +7
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lady's Bedstraw · Yarrow · Meadowsweet · Greater Plantain · Lesser Burdock +5
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Cleavers
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorLarge WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Galium aparine
Galium aparine
ElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaEvents & activities nearby
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