Broadleaved woodland near Scawby Brook
6 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.54075, -0.49816
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
- 🅿️Parking 354m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 354m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cadney Roadpublic footpath · 355 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 355 mPath type: unclassified
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Geese on the Old River Ancholme
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Wildlife to spot
3,899 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,899 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Moorhen +38
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Hedgehog · Water Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2020
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2021
🐝Insects27 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +22
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Russian Comfrey · Weld · Marsh Woundwort · Himalayan Balsam · Red Valerian +19
- Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2020
- WeldReseda luteola2020
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2020
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,899 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Moorhen +38
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Hedgehog · Water Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2020
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2021
🐝Insects27 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +22
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Russian Comfrey · Weld · Marsh Woundwort · Himalayan Balsam · Red Valerian +19
- Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2020
- WeldReseda luteola2020
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2020
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus albomarginatus2020
Chorthippus albomarginatus2020
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2020Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2020Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesEristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022HornetVespa crabro2022HornetVespa crabro2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2020Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2020Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2020German WaspVespula germanica2020German WaspVespula germanica2020Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella20202024
2024
ChicoryCichorium intybus2023ChicoryCichorium intybus2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2022Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021CowslipPrimula veris2021CowslipPrimula veris2021Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2020Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2020Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2020Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2020Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2020PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2020PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2020ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2020ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2020Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2020Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2020Black MedickMedicago lupulina2020Black MedickMedicago lupulina2020Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020Biting StonecropSedum acre2020Biting StonecropSedum acre2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020