Venn Wood
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
50.69871, -4.30705
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
- 🌿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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Primrose, Daisy, Gorse +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Tawny Owl, Swallow +43 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Tawny Owl, Swallow +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Glow-worm, Red Admiral, Small White +132 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
8,346 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,346 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Marsh Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
Glow-worm · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +15
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Southern Hawker
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,346 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Marsh Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
Glow-worm · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +15
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Southern Hawker
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna cyanea2024
Aeshna cyanea2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Water ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024