Canal Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.34005, -1.23715
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 km4 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
Rowbotham's RoundWalking route▾
Rotherham RingWalking route▾
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route218 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 218 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route378 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,929 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,929 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon +42
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- CootFulica atra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants13 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Ploughman's-spikenard · Primrose · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Capillary Thread-moss +8
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,929 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon +42
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- CootFulica atra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants13 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Ploughman's-spikenard · Primrose · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Capillary Thread-moss +8
- Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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