Yeld Wood
✦ Ancient woodland55 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome55 ha
Getting here
52.19627, -2.45398
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 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 on site — 10 car parks within reach
- £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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Tormentil, Betony, Small Teasel · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Parkland WalkWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 km
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Herefordshire Views WalkWalking route1 km▾
Named routeLength 1 km
Three Choirs Way (Stanford Bishop to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
34,975 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,975 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · House Sparrow · Blackbird +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Mole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) · Common Pollen Beetle · Agriotes pallidulus · Broad-bodied Chaser +60
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
- Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus
- Agriotes pallidulusAgriotes pallidulus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
Tormentil
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,975 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · House Sparrow · Blackbird +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Mole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) · Common Pollen Beetle · Agriotes pallidulus · Broad-bodied Chaser +60
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
- Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus
- Agriotes pallidulusAgriotes pallidulus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
Tormentil
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Psylla alni
Psylla alni
Psylla alni
Psylla alni
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