Quarry Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.93847, -1.59091
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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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Wildlife to spot
17,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Rowan
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Rowan
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis form conspicua
Harmonia axyridis form conspicua
Harmonia axyridis form conspicua
Harmonia axyridis form conspicua
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