Skelton Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.00805, -1.11313
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
- 🐕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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrbitalRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route214 m▾
Named routeRef 658Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,695 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,695 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Birch Shieldbug +6
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Paxillus olivellus · Blushing Milkcap · Collared Earthstar
- Paxillus olivellusPaxillus olivellus
- Blushing MilkcapLactarius controversus
- Collared EarthstarGeastrum michelianum
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Springy Turf-moss · Common Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Field-speedwell · Lesser Periwinkle +2
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,695 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Birch Shieldbug +6
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Paxillus olivellus · Blushing Milkcap · Collared Earthstar
- Paxillus olivellusPaxillus olivellus
- Blushing MilkcapLactarius controversus
- Collared EarthstarGeastrum michelianum
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Springy Turf-moss · Common Feather-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Field-speedwell · Lesser Periwinkle +2
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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