Bishopshill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.12031, -1.13057
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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green Route
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
Bike Park & Downhill RouteMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
23,522 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,522 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ulopa reticulata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scolopostethus decoratus · Chartoscirta cincta · Loricera pilicornis +8
- Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scolopostethus decoratusScolopostethus decoratus
- Chartoscirta cinctaChartoscirta cincta
- Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis
- Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
Common Stork's-bill · Water Bent · Annual Wall-rocket · Cowslip · Harebell +19
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
- CowslipPrimula veris
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,522 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ulopa reticulata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scolopostethus decoratus · Chartoscirta cincta · Loricera pilicornis +8
- Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scolopostethus decoratusScolopostethus decoratus
- Chartoscirta cinctaChartoscirta cincta
- Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis
- Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
Common Stork's-bill · Water Bent · Annual Wall-rocket · Cowslip · Harebell +19
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
- CowslipPrimula veris
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas