Long Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.99027, -2.80004
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Lowland meadows priority habitat
Free
Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
Marches WayWalking route▾
Dee WayWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
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Field near Oldcastle Heath
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Wildlife to spot
5,379 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,379 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Wigeon · Mute Swan · Pintail · Canada Goose +19
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- PintailAnas acuta2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2019
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- CootFulica atra2021
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2020
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Whiskered/Brandt's Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species +3
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2020
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Lissotriton
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- LissotritonLissotriton
🐝Insects34 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Large White +29
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2020
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants1 species
summerautumn
2019▾
Orange Balsam
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,379 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Wigeon · Mute Swan · Pintail · Canada Goose +19
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- PintailAnas acuta2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2019
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- CootFulica atra2021
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2020
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Whiskered/Brandt's Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species +3
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2020
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Lissotriton
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- LissotritonLissotriton
🐝Insects34 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Tree Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Large White +29
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2020
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants1 species
summerautumn
2019▾
Orange Balsam
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas