Scar Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.64205, -1.92004
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 81m 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 81m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oldham WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Standedge to Warland Reservoir)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route964 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route771 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 771 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route463 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Junction of Low Platt Lane, Green Slacks Lane and Sledge Gate, Scammonden
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Wildlife to spot
3,899 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,899 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Barn Owl · Long-eared Owl +33
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- RedpollAcanthis flammea2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer · American Mink
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Altica
🌿Plants20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Giant Hogweed · Neat Feather-moss · Heath Plait-moss · Red-stemmed Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss +15
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,899 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Barn Owl · Long-eared Owl +33
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2023
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- RedpollAcanthis flammea2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer · American Mink
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Altica
🌿Plants20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Giant Hogweed · Neat Feather-moss · Heath Plait-moss · Red-stemmed Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss +15
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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