Rosselle Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.04473, -1.02101
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Southwell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Southwell Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 645Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
9,447 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Kestrel · Long-tailed Tit +20
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Holly · Greater Stitchwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine +110
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Kestrel · Long-tailed Tit +20
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Holly · Greater Stitchwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine +110
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
