Holywell Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.70624, -2.30323
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,028 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,028 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Skylark · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Kestrel +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus2023
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Mole · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel +7
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Greater Horntail Wasp · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Green Capsid +6
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2024
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Sporidesmiella hyalosperma var. hyalosperma · Frosty Bonnet · Actinocladium rhodosporum · Arthonia radiata · Purplepore Bracket +26
- Sporidesmiella hyalosperma var. hyalospermaSporidesmiella hyalosperma var. hyalosperma
- Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
- Actinocladium rhodosporumActinocladium rhodosporum
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum
- Rosellinia britannicaRosellinia britannica
Sweet Chestnut
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,028 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Skylark · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Kestrel +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus2023
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Mole · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel +7
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Greater Horntail Wasp · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Green Capsid +6
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2024
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Sporidesmiella hyalosperma var. hyalosperma · Frosty Bonnet · Actinocladium rhodosporum · Arthonia radiata · Purplepore Bracket +26
- Sporidesmiella hyalosperma var. hyalospermaSporidesmiella hyalosperma var. hyalosperma
- Frosty BonnetMycena tenerrima
- Actinocladium rhodosporumActinocladium rhodosporum
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum
- Rosellinia britannicaRosellinia britannica
Sweet Chestnut
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Rat
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles2024BadgerMeles meles2024PolecatMustela putorius2023PolecatMustela putorius2023Feral SheepOvis aries2023Feral SheepOvis aries2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022Bank VoleMyodes glareolus20222022
2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2021Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2021Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2021Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Pine Needle Split
Pine Needle Split
Lophodermium pinastri
Lophodermium pinastri
Trichoderma aureovirideTrichoderma aureovirideTrichoderma aureovirideTrichoderma aureovirideFalse ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiacaFalse ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiacaConifercone CapBaeospora myosuraConifercone CapBaeospora myosuraColpoma quercinumColpoma quercinumColpoma quercinumColpoma quercinumVariable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilisVariable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilisDendrostilbella prasinulaDendrostilbella prasinulaDendrostilbella prasinulaDendrostilbella prasinulaHyaloscypha fuckeliiHyaloscypha fuckeliiHyaloscypha fuckeliiHyaloscypha fuckeliiHyaloscypha aureliellaHyaloscypha aureliellaHyaloscypha aureliellaHyaloscypha aureliellaCommon Grey DiscoMollisia cinereaCommon Grey DiscoMollisia cinereaArachnocrea stipataArachnocrea stipataArachnocrea stipataArachnocrea stipataViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumViolet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceumNemania confluensNemania confluensNemania confluensNemania confluensDematioscypha olivaceaDematioscypha olivaceaDematioscypha olivaceaDematioscypha olivaceaOak Curtain CrustHymenochaete rubiginosaOak Curtain CrustHymenochaete rubiginosaPolyscytalum fecundissimumPolyscytalum fecundissimumPolyscytalum fecundissimumPolyscytalum fecundissimumConifer Blueing BracketPostia caesiaConifer Blueing BracketPostia caesiaTomentella radiosaTomentella radiosaTomentella radiosaTomentella radiosaFlagelloscypha minutissimaFlagelloscypha minutissimaFlagelloscypha minutissimaFlagelloscypha minutissimaWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiataWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiataHyalopeziza millepunctataHyalopeziza millepunctataHyalopeziza millepunctataHyalopeziza millepunctataTear DropperCylindrobasidium laeveTear DropperCylindrobasidium laeveEutypa mauraEutypa mauraEutypa mauraEutypa mauraEllisembia leptosporaEllisembia leptosporaEllisembia leptosporaEllisembia leptosporaTyphula setipesTyphula setipesTyphula setipesTyphula setipes