Carr Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.94927, -0.95338
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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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
31 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
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
Main RouteCycling route110 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 110 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 66Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
8,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,123 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Rook +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Corizus hyoscyami · Turnip Tigress +20
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
- Green Shieldbug
Pointed Spear-moss · Silver-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Great Hairy Screw-moss +8
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,123 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Rook +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Corizus hyoscyami · Turnip Tigress +20
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
- Green Shieldbug
Pointed Spear-moss · Silver-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Great Hairy Screw-moss +8
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata202518-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025Elm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmi2025Elm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmi2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Pipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubris2025Pipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubris2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Sand-hill Screw-moss
Sand-hill Screw-moss
Syntrichia ruraliformis
Syntrichia ruraliformis
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2025Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025Events & activities nearby
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