Brightenber Plantation
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.97283, -2.17464
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Blackbird
- 🌿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
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Blackbird
- 🌿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
Best for
5 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Blackbird, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Pheasant, Blackbird, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Silver Y, Large Yellow Underwing, Yellow-Line Quaker +114 more · last seen 2020
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Pennine Way (Ickornshaw to Malham)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pendle WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route158 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 158 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route24 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Ingthorpe Lanebridleway · 1.6 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.6 kmPath type: service
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Minor road near to Brightenber Plantation and Stainton Hall
Photos
Minor road near to Brightenber Plantation and Stainton Hall
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,964 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,964 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024Pheasant · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chaffinch
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- SwiftApus apus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Common GullLarus canus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020Great Crested Newt
🐝Insects117 species
summerautumn
2020Silver Y · Large Yellow Underwing · Yellow-Line Quaker · Spruce Carpet · Common Marbled Carpet
+112 more speciesHide species list
All 117 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Silver YAutographa gamma2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
- Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,964 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024Pheasant · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chaffinch
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- SwiftApus apus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Common GullLarus canus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020Great Crested Newt
🐝Insects117 species
summerautumn
2020Silver Y · Large Yellow Underwing · Yellow-Line Quaker · Spruce Carpet · Common Marbled Carpet
+112 more speciesHide species list
All 117 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Silver YAutographa gamma2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
- Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
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CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2019Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019BrickSunira circellaris2019BrickSunira circellaris2019Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2019Dark Marbled CarpetDysstroma citrata2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina 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alniaria2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Purple ThornSelenia tetralunaria2019Purple ThornSelenia tetralunaria2019Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2019Red Sword-grassXylena vetusta2019VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2019Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Barred Hook-tipWatsonalla cultraria2019Barred Hook-tipWatsonalla cultraria2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019Antler MothCerapteryx graminis2019Dotted ClayXestia baja2019Dotted ClayXestia baja2019SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019ChevronEulithis testata2019ChevronEulithis testata2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2019ConfusedApamea furva2019ConfusedApamea furva2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2019Pale Brindled 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imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorScarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2019Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2019Pale PinionLithophane socia2019Pale PinionLithophane socia2019Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2019Brindled OchreDasypolia templi2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Heath RusticXestia agathina2019Heath RusticXestia agathina2019Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2019Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2019Devon CarpetLampropteryx otregiata2019Devon CarpetLampropteryx otregiata2019August ThornEnnomos quercinaria2019August ThornEnnomos quercinaria2019Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2019Lempke's Gold SpotPlusia putnami2019Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019RusticHoplodrina blanda2019RusticHoplodrina blanda2019White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2019Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2019Maple PugEupithecia inturbata2019Maple PugEupithecia inturbata2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019Early ThornSelenia dentaria2019Early ThornSelenia dentaria2019Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2019Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2019Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2019Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2019Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2019Events & activities nearby
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