Dobb's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.43931, -2.74882
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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
- 🌿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 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
32,132 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Magpie · Mallard +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Daubenton's Bat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis arbustorum +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Southern Marsh-orchid · Bee Orchid · Common Ragwort · Shepherd's-purse · Garden Tulip +23
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Garden TulipTulipa gesneriana
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Magpie · Mallard +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Daubenton's Bat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird · Eristalis arbustorum +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Southern Marsh-orchid · Bee Orchid · Common Ragwort · Shepherd's-purse · Garden Tulip +23
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Garden TulipTulipa gesneriana
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hedgehog
Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus2025
Erinaceus europaeus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaCantharis lividaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025