Croakhill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.78036, -0.50442
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Danelaw WayWalking route▾
The Driftpublic footpath · 300 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 300 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Photos
Farm Ford on the West Glen River near Croakhill Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
5,364 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,364 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook · Yellowhammer · Red-legged Partridge +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grammoptera ruficornis · Large Walnut Aphid · Marmalade Hoverfly · Cantharis decipiens · Lydella grisescens
- Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2022
- Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
- Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2022
- Lydella grisescensLydella grisescens2021
Field Maple · False Oat-grass · Creeping Thistle · Broad-leaved Dock · Knotgrass +86
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,364 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook · Yellowhammer · Red-legged Partridge +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grammoptera ruficornis · Large Walnut Aphid · Marmalade Hoverfly · Cantharis decipiens · Lydella grisescens
- Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2022
- Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
- Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2022
- Lydella grisescensLydella grisescens2021
Field Maple · False Oat-grass · Creeping Thistle · Broad-leaved Dock · Knotgrass +86
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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