Highfield Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.49739, -0.43094
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 268m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 268m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Occupation Lanepublic footpath · 125 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 125 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
2,091 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,091 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Wren · Stock Dove · Jackdaw · Pheasant +42
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral +9
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
🌿Plants39 species
wintersummer
2020▾
Cow Parsley · Bramble · Elder · White Dead-nettle · Cleavers +34
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cock's-foot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,091 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Wren · Stock Dove · Jackdaw · Pheasant +42
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn OwlTyto alba2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral +9
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
🌿Plants39 species
wintersummer
2020▾
Cow Parsley · Bramble · Elder · White Dead-nettle · Cleavers +34
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cock's-foot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Dactylis glomerata
Dactylis glomerata
BlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCreeping ThistleCirsium arvense var. incanumCreeping ThistleCirsium arvense var. incanumMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon ChickweedStellaria media2018Common ChickweedStellaria media2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2018Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2018SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2017