Storth Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.67620, -1.81406
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking route▾
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Moor Hey Lanepublic footpath · 445 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 445 mPath type: service
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route594 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route19 m▾
Named routeLength 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Boundary wall of Storth Wood, Elland
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Wildlife to spot
36,373 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,373 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Starling · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Magpie +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Heather +6
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Redshank
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,373 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Starling · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Magpie +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Heather +6
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Redshank
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ceratodon purpureus
Ceratodon purpureus
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiRed-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberiBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumBroom Fork-mossDicranum scopariumEvents & activities nearby
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