Shanks Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.92459, -1.62512
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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 km11 signed routes nearby
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Hedley Hall Wood Blue TrailWalking route▾
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133 signed routes nearby
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Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
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Path along the edge of Robin's Wood
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Wildlife to spot
16,691 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,691 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPink-footed Goose · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Tree Sparrow · Greylag Goose +35
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Sallow Pea-galler · Hairy Shieldbug +1
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Butterfly-bush · Rowan · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Autumn Hawkbit · Early Goldenrod +127
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea
- Hairy Dog-roseRosa caesia
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,691 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPink-footed Goose · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Tree Sparrow · Greylag Goose +35
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Sallow Pea-galler · Hairy Shieldbug +1
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Butterfly-bush · Rowan · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Autumn Hawkbit · Early Goldenrod +127
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea
- Hairy Dog-roseRosa caesia
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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