Moss Plat Plantation - Woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.05163, -2.65158
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lune Valley RambleWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route6.8 km▾
Named routeRef 69Length 6.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route782 m▾
Named routeRef 90Length 782 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,459 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,459 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLesser Black-backed Gull · Oystercatcher · Curlew · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +44
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Thanatophilus rugosus · Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Thanatophilus rugosusThanatophilus rugosus
- Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Spear Thistle · Trailing Bellflower · Angular Solomon's-seal · Eyebright · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +6
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
- Angular Solomon's-sealPolygonatum odoratum
- EyebrightEuphrasia2024
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,459 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLesser Black-backed Gull · Oystercatcher · Curlew · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +44
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Thanatophilus rugosus · Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Thanatophilus rugosusThanatophilus rugosus
- Red-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Spear Thistle · Trailing Bellflower · Angular Solomon's-seal · Eyebright · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +6
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
- Angular Solomon's-sealPolygonatum odoratum
- EyebrightEuphrasia2024
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023