Ash Holt - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.38994, -0.24302
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 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route230 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 230 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route137 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 137 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,944 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,944 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +49
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2020
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Red Clover · Red Campion · Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine +10
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2024
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,944 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +49
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2020
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Red Clover · Red Campion · Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens · Hart's-Tongue · Lesser Celandine +10
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2024
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Events & activities nearby
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