Tarn Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.74156, -2.74933
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
201 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penwortham to LeylandCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route97 m▾
Named routeRef 62Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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26,594 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,594 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Moorhen +48
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
🌿Plants23 species
winterspring
2026▾
Daisy · Elder · Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Sticky Mouse-ear +18
- DaisyBellis perennis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Creeping Buttercup
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,594 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Moorhen +48
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Common Carder Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
🌿Plants23 species
winterspring
2026▾
Daisy · Elder · Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Sticky Mouse-ear +18
- DaisyBellis perennis
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Creeping Buttercup
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ranunculus repens
Ranunculus repens
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