Parson's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.20946, -0.66694
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network
Route 93Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
Skellingthorpe Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doddington RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Birchwood AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
7,111 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,111 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Jackdaw +36
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dolichopus festivus · Chrysotus · Dicraeus vagans · Fannia armata · Botanophila striolata +45
- Dolichopus festivusDolichopus festivus
- ChrysotusChrysotus
- Dicraeus vagansDicraeus vagans
- Fannia armataFannia armata
- Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata
- SiphonaSiphona
- Hylemya variataHylemya variata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,111 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Jackdaw +36
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dolichopus festivus · Chrysotus · Dicraeus vagans · Fannia armata · Botanophila striolata +45
- Dolichopus festivusDolichopus festivus
- ChrysotusChrysotus
- Dicraeus vagansDicraeus vagans
- Fannia armataFannia armata
- Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata
- SiphonaSiphona
- Hylemya variataHylemya variata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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