Wolves Wood
✦ Ancient woodland37 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
52.05627, 0.99478
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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 nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lesser Spearwort, Petty Spurge, Bugle +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Nightingale, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit +43 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Nightingale, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Suffolk Route BCycling route▾
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Route 48Cycling route▾
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South Suffolk Cycle Route ACycling route▾
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South Suffolk Route B1Cycling route▾
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NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
20,787 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,787 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Nightingale · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Robin +39
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great TitParus major
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser +5
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Banded Demoiselle
🌿Plants2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Petty Spurge · Bugle
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- BugleAjuga reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,787 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Nightingale · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit · Robin +39
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great TitParus major
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser +5
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Banded Demoiselle
🌿Plants2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Petty Spurge · Bugle
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- BugleAjuga reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calopteryx splendens
Calopteryx splendens
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumEvents & activities nearby
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