Black Scotch Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.13765, -1.17857
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Skegby TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
Bike Park & Downhill RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
Mansfield, Southwell Road West
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Wildlife to spot
11,173 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,173 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Blue Tit +5
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Eyed Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Canadian Fleabane · Harebell · Mat-grass · Common Stork's-bill · Wall-rue +108
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
- Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,173 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Blue Tit +5
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Eyed Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Canadian Fleabane · Harebell · Mat-grass · Common Stork's-bill · Wall-rue +108
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
- Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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