Mixenden Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.75562, -1.90461
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
- 🛝Playground 204m 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hebble TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Calder Aire LinkWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
The Great Northern Railway TrailCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route625 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 625 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Calder Aire LinkMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
36,587 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,587 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Starling · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common GullLarus canus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🌿Plants20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bristly Haircap · Springy Turf-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Broom Fork-moss +15
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,587 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Starling · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common GullLarus canus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🌿Plants20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bristly Haircap · Springy Turf-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Broom Fork-moss +15
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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