Old Larkworthy Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
15 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.74222, -4.30437
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
Photos
Bridge over Henford Water
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Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Swift
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- SwiftApus apus2017
🦌Mammals15 species
springsummer
2023▾
Roe Deer · Red Deer · Fallow Deer · Harvest Mouse · Red Fox +10
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2020
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Speckled Wood · Peacock · Small White +24
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Meadow Thistle
- Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Swift
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2020
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
- SwiftApus apus2017
🦌Mammals15 species
springsummer
2023▾
Roe Deer · Red Deer · Fallow Deer · Harvest Mouse · Red Fox +10
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2020
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Speckled Wood · Peacock · Small White +24
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Meadow Thistle
- Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018WeaselMustela nivalis2022WeaselMustela nivalis2022BeaverCastor fiber2022BeaverCastor fiber2022BadgerMeles meles2020BadgerMeles meles2020Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2017Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2017Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2017Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2017NoctuleNyctalus noctula2017NoctuleNyctalus noctula2017BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2017BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus20172019
2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensNeoasciaNeoasciaNeoasciaNeoasciaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaSepsisSepsisSepsisSepsisMeadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017