Ash Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.81799, -0.32226
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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
- 🌿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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Hull to HornseaWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Hornsea Rail TrailCycling route▾
NCN164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
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10,846 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,846 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Chaffinch · Kestrel · Wren +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Common Shrew · Mole · Stoat +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Slender Ground-hopper · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Eurybregma nigrolineata +15
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Eurybregma nigrolineataEurybregma nigrolineata
- Myospila meditabundaMyospila meditabunda
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,846 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Chaffinch · Kestrel · Wren +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Common Shrew · Mole · Stoat +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Slender Ground-hopper · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Eurybregma nigrolineata +15
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Eurybregma nigrolineataEurybregma nigrolineata
- Myospila meditabundaMyospila meditabunda
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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