Dog Kennel Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.59059, -2.45798
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
GM Ringway Stage 13Walking route18 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 13 - Bury to Bromley Cross
Named routeLength 18 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 14Walking route21.9 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 14 - Bromley Cross to Blackrod
Named routeLength 21.9 kmRegional walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Moss BankCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bradley Fold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Farnworth Streets For All Phase OneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Farnworth Streets For All Phase TwoCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,195 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,195 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +32
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Vine Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Chrysotoxum verralli · Syrphus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
🌿Plants10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Turkey Oak · Winter Heliotrope · Common Fleabane · Early Goldenrod · Borage +5
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2025
- BorageBorago officinalis2025
- Sweet Chestnut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,195 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +32
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Vine Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Chrysotoxum verralli · Syrphus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
🌿Plants10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Turkey Oak · Winter Heliotrope · Common Fleabane · Early Goldenrod · Borage +5
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2025
- BorageBorago officinalis2025
- Sweet Chestnut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Castanea sativa2025
Castanea sativa2025
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Rubus intensiorRubus intensior2025Rubus intensiorRubus intensior2025