Fox Hill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.65543, -2.44610
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 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Warpers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reelers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tacklers Trail - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers WayWalking route▾
Rotary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route573 m▾
Named routeLength 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,796 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,796 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Kestrel · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Wren +36
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025
- Black Darter
🌿Plants10 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Bilberry · Rhododendron · Foxglove +5
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Himalayan Balsam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,796 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Kestrel · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Wren +36
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Clarke's Mining Bee · Tree Bumblebee +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025
- Black Darter
🌿Plants10 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cross-leaved Heath · Cranberry · Bilberry · Rhododendron · Foxglove +5
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2025
- CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2025
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Himalayan Balsam
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum danae2025
Sympetrum danae2025
Impatiens glandulifera2025
Impatiens glandulifera2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh VioletViola palustris2025Marsh VioletViola palustris2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2025Events & activities nearby
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