Morkery Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.75389, -0.59381
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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 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Danelaw WayWalking route▾
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Stone Drive, leading to Morkery Woods
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Wildlife to spot
8,805 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,805 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Blackcap · Song Thrush · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit +13
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Meadow Brown · Sallow Pea-galler · Dasineura fraxini · Diplolepis nervosa · Large White +13
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
- Diplolepis nervosaDiplolepis nervosa
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Urophora carduiUrophora cardui
- Red-pea Gall CauserCynips divisa f. agamic
Puccinia lapsanae · Melampsora caprearum · Violet Bramble Rust · Oak Mildew · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Puccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanae
- Melampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearum
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +69
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,805 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Blackcap · Song Thrush · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit +13
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Meadow Brown · Sallow Pea-galler · Dasineura fraxini · Diplolepis nervosa · Large White +13
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
- Diplolepis nervosaDiplolepis nervosa
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Urophora carduiUrophora cardui
- Red-pea Gall CauserCynips divisa f. agamic
Puccinia lapsanae · Melampsora caprearum · Violet Bramble Rust · Oak Mildew · Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
- Puccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanae
- Melampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearum
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
- Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.Coleosporium tussilaginis s. lat.
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +69
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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