Broadleaved woodland near Spital Tongues
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.98426, -1.62527
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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
- ☕The Forum Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Forum Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid
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
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St. Luke's Church, Spital Tongues
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Wildlife to spot
57,777 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +23
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects26 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +21
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Lesser Periwinkle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed · Hyacinth · Early Crocus
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +23
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects26 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +21
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Lesser Periwinkle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed · Hyacinth · Early Crocus
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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