Saltbeck - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.89816, -0.78093
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Lincolnshire Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route166 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 166 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,871 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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wintersummerautumn
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Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rook · Jackdaw +41
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
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wintersummer
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- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Eriothrix rufomaculata · Small Copper · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Tiger Cranefly · Turnip Tigress +6
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Muslin Moth
Japanese Knotweed · Spotted Spurge · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Yellow Pimpernel · Small Balsam
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Spotted SpurgeEuphorbia maculata
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Small BalsamImpatiens parviflora2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,871 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rook · Jackdaw +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
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wintersummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Eriothrix rufomaculata · Small Copper · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Tiger Cranefly · Turnip Tigress +6
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- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Muslin Moth
Japanese Knotweed · Spotted Spurge · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Yellow Pimpernel · Small Balsam
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Spotted SpurgeEuphorbia maculata
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Small BalsamImpatiens parviflora2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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