Black Fir Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.81409, -2.73716
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 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Preston Guild WheelWalking route▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
98 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 622 Preston Guild WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Low gradient route avoiding steep slope)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
NCN 622 (Steep gradient route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 622National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,378 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,378 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Starling +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Emperor Dragonfly · Water Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly +6
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Betula utilis · Walnut · Copper Beech · Laburnham · Sycamore +3
- Betula utilisBetula utilis
- WalnutJuglans regia
- Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'
- LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,378 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Starling +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Emperor Dragonfly · Water Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly +6
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Betula utilis · Walnut · Copper Beech · Laburnham · Sycamore +3
- Betula utilisBetula utilis
- WalnutJuglans regia
- Copper BeechFagus sylvatica group 'Atropurpurea'
- LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Red Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024Events & activities nearby
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