Cotham Thorns - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.02441, -0.81185
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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
- 🐕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 km3 signed routes nearby
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Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stoke Field TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
24 signed routes nearby
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Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Nottinghamshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route219 m▾
Named routeLength 219 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route115 m▾
Named routeLength 115 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route123 m▾
Named routeLength 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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8,336 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,336 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Goldfinch +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Walnut · Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea · Sweet Violet · Blackthorn · Kidney Vetch +41
- WalnutJuglans regia2024
- Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2024
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
- Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,336 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Goldfinch +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Banded Demoiselle
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Walnut · Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea · Sweet Violet · Blackthorn · Kidney Vetch +41
- WalnutJuglans regia2024
- Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2024
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
- Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2024
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
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