Freer Wood - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.41783, -0.61480
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
East Northamptonshire GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route812 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 812 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Gated track in Grafton Park Wood
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Wildlife to spot
2,449 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,449 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Tawny Mining Bee · Pied Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +3
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,449 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Tawny Mining Bee · Pied Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +3
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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