Island Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.92582, -2.83668
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,447 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Lapwing · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Reed Bunting +47
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue-headed WagtailMotacilla flava flava2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Eristalinus sepulchralis · Small Fleck-winged Snipefly +5
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
- Small Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
🌿Plants14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Heather · Round-leaved Sundew · Bog-myrtle · Bulrush · Taxus baccata f. fastigiata +9
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- BulrushTypha latifolia2024
- Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Lapwing · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Reed Bunting +47
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue-headed WagtailMotacilla flava flava2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Eristalinus sepulchralis · Small Fleck-winged Snipefly +5
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
- Small Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
🌿Plants14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Heather · Round-leaved Sundew · Bog-myrtle · Bulrush · Taxus baccata f. fastigiata +9
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
- Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- BulrushTypha latifolia2024
- Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas