Common Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.93547, -0.98317
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
- 📍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
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
Named hiking route nearby: Minster Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
YorActive TrailWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route334 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 334 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route706 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 706 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +47
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
- Syrphus ribesii
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +47
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
- Syrphus ribesii
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Events & activities nearby
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