Please read the following information before visiting the wood.
- Ticks are arachnids (like spiders)
- They feed on blood – including humans, sheep, deer and birds
- They can carry something called Lyme disease
- To reduce the likelihood of getting a tick bite:
- wear long trousers
- tuck your trousers into your socks or wellies
- avoid walking through long vegetation
- use insect repellent
- brush your clothes off regularly
- If you find a tick on you while you’re here, please tell someone and we’ll help you remove it
- Check your body for ticks when you get home
- Remove any ticks following NHS guidance
- Then keep an eye out for symptoms of Lyme disease – if you get these you need to go to your doctor and tell them and they will do a test:
- a rash around the bite and/or
- flu-like symptoms
- Most tick bites are harmless
- Ticks are important creatures in their own right, and are also slow-moving prey for other animals like spiders and birds.