North Lodge Plantations - Broadleaved woodland
27 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
53.87594, -1.37850
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
ELOR CycleCycling route▾
Named routeRef ELORLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Elmet GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The OwlMountain bike route▾
The StarlingMountain bike route▾
Red Kite TrailMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dalton Lanebridleway · 2.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.2 kmPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
5,344 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,344 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Badger · Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Field Vole +2
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syritta pipiens · Eristalis nemorum · Alder Leaf Beetle · Xylota segnis +25
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,344 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Badger · Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Field Vole +2
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syritta pipiens · Eristalis nemorum · Alder Leaf Beetle · Xylota segnis +25
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hedgehog
Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus2021
Erinaceus europaeus2021
2024
2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumCommon Mourning BeeMelecta albifronsCommon Mourning BeeMelecta albifronsPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Nephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis2024Nephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis2024Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2024Cheilosia bergenstammiCheilosia bergenstammi2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2024Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023HornetVespa crabro2022HornetVespa crabro20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20207-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Events & activities nearby
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