Well Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.94001, -2.77624
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
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £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 · 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
29 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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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
6,335 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +47
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- TealAnas crecca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Meliscaeva cinctella
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
🌿Plants26 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Ivy · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Scots Pine · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Beech +21
- IvyHedera helix
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- YewTaxus baccata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +47
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- TealAnas crecca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Meliscaeva cinctella
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
🌿Plants26 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Ivy · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Scots Pine · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Beech +21
- IvyHedera helix
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- YewTaxus baccata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Taxus baccata f. fastigiata
Taxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
Taxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
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