Savin Royd Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.61467, -1.54928
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dearne WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Royston & Carlton Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,814 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,814 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Meadowsweet · Musk-mallow · Butterfly-bush · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Creeping Thistle +17
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,814 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Meadowsweet · Musk-mallow · Butterfly-bush · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Creeping Thistle +17
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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