Birks Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.42970, -1.54202
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: Sheffield Country Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 47 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Town WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Sheffield
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Upper Don TrailWalking route▾
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 9Walking route14.5 km▾
Named routeLength 14.5 kmRegional walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Ring RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Malin Bridge to Langsett RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Boggard Lanebridleway · 567 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 567 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
15,616 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,616 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Starling +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwiftApus apus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Volucella inanis · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants22 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hawkweed Oxtongue · Beech · Brooklime · Hoary Ragwort · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +17
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- BeechFagus sylvatica2024
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,616 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Starling +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwiftApus apus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Volucella inanis · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants22 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hawkweed Oxtongue · Beech · Brooklime · Hoary Ragwort · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +17
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- BeechFagus sylvatica2024
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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