Union Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.40900, -1.14857
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Sandbeck Lanebridleway · 1.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmSurface asphaltPath type: service
Photos
Woodland entrance, Sandbeck
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Wildlife to spot
2,764 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,764 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Skylark · Stonechat · Barn Owl · Tawny Owl +5
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Welsh Chafer · Syrphus +1
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- SyrphusSyrphus2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Adder's-tongue · Gorse · Primrose · Cowslip · Mistletoe +105
- Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- GorseUlex europaeus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- MistletoeViscum album2024
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,764 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Skylark · Stonechat · Barn Owl · Tawny Owl +5
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Welsh Chafer · Syrphus +1
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- SyrphusSyrphus2023
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Adder's-tongue · Gorse · Primrose · Cowslip · Mistletoe +105
- Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- GorseUlex europaeus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- MistletoeViscum album2024
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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