Appleton Dale - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.07659, -1.12747
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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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
River Leen ValleyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route339 m▾
Named routeLength 339 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route136 m▾
Named routeLength 136 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route149 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
6,917 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- CootFulica atra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Cercopis vulnerata · Cantharis nigricans · Cantharis rustica · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Athous haemorrhoidalis +5
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Batman Hoverfly
Slender Rush · Pendulous Sedge · Heath Speedwell · Rum Cherry · Sulphur Cinquefoil +2
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Rum CherryPrunus serotina
- Sulphur CinquefoilPotentilla recta
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- BroomCytisus scoparius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- CootFulica atra
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Cercopis vulnerata · Cantharis nigricans · Cantharis rustica · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Athous haemorrhoidalis +5
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Batman Hoverfly
Slender Rush · Pendulous Sedge · Heath Speedwell · Rum Cherry · Sulphur Cinquefoil +2
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Rum CherryPrunus serotina
- Sulphur CinquefoilPotentilla recta
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- BroomCytisus scoparius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea
Myathropa florea
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiJet AntLasius fuliginosusJet AntLasius fuliginosus