Haxby Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.04434, -1.07916
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 km4 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
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
3 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
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
719 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
719 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Lapwing · Coot · Mute Swan +43
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Mole
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Alder Leaf Beetle · Mesembrina meridiana
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023
Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Red Dead-nettle · Yarrow · Bramble +38
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- RoseRosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
719 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Lapwing · Coot · Mute Swan +43
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Mole
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Alder Leaf Beetle · Mesembrina meridiana
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023
Lesser Celandine · Hogweed · Red Dead-nettle · Yarrow · Bramble +38
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- RoseRosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
