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Broak's Wood

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

📷 Robert Edwards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 300m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 300m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

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8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +62 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hazel, Creeping Buttercup, Pendulous Sedge +47 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Hazel, Creeping Buttercup, Pendulous Sedge +47 more · last seen 2018

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hazel, Common Nettle, Blackthorn +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km

Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,713 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,713 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Robin · Nuthatch +67

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2021
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2019
SwiftApus apus2018
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2017
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2016

🦌

Mammals13 species

springautumnwinter

2023

Mole · Stoat · Rabbit · Otter · Hedgehog +8

MoleTalpa europaea2019
StoatMustela erminea2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
OtterLutra lutra
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
PolecatMustela putorius2017
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2016
Fallow DeerDama dama2018
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2015
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2015

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summerautumn

2024

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2019

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐟

Fish3 species

summerautumn

2025

Dace · Bullhead · European Eel

DaceLeuciscus leuciscus
BullheadCottus perifretum2017
European EelAnguilla anguilla2017

🐝

Insects65 species

springsummer

2025

Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Comma +60

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
PeacockAglais io2019
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Purple EmperorApatura iris2019
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2019
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2019
SyrphusSyrphus2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2015
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019
Ephemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2019
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2019
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2019
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2019
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2019
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2019
St Marks FlyBibio marci2019
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2018
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2018
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2017
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2017
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2017
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2015
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2015
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2015

🌿

Plants50 species

summer

2018

Hazel · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Bluebell · Common Nettle +45

HazelCorylus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2015
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
IvyHedera helix
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
ElderSambucus nigra
CleaversGalium aparine
DockRumex
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2015
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2015
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2015
PignutConopodium majus2015
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2015
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2015
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2015
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2015
BrambleRubus
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
AgrimonyAgrimonia
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides
Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2017
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2015
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2015
Goat WillowSalix caprea2015
HorsetailEquisetum2015
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015
BeechFagus sylvatica2015
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2015
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2015
Wild CherryPrunus avium2015
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2015
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2015
Red CampionSilene dioica2015
AshFraxinus excelsior2015
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2015
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2015
White CloverTrifolium repens2015
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2015
Greater PlantainPlantago major2015
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,713 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Robin · Nuthatch +67

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RobinErithacus rubecula
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2021
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Garrulus glandarius rufitergumGarrulus glandarius rufitergum
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2019
SwiftApus apus2018
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2017
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2016

🦌

Mammals13 species

springautumnwinter

2023

Mole · Stoat · Rabbit · Otter · Hedgehog +8

MoleTalpa europaea2019
StoatMustela erminea2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
OtterLutra lutra
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
PolecatMustela putorius2017
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2016
Fallow DeerDama dama2018
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2015
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2015

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summerautumn

2024

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2019

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐟

Fish3 species

summerautumn

2025

Dace · Bullhead · European Eel

DaceLeuciscus leuciscus
BullheadCottus perifretum2017
European EelAnguilla anguilla2017

🐝

Insects65 species

springsummer

2025

Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Comma +60

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
PeacockAglais io2019
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Purple EmperorApatura iris2019
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2019
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2019
SyrphusSyrphus2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2015
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019
Ephemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2019
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2019
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2019
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2019
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2019
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2019
St Marks FlyBibio marci2019
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2018
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2018
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2017
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2017
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2017
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2017
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2015
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2015
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2015

🌿

Plants50 species

summer

2018

Hazel · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Bluebell · Common Nettle +45

HazelCorylus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2015
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
IvyHedera helix
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
ElderSambucus nigra
CleaversGalium aparine
DockRumex
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2015
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2015
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2015
PignutConopodium majus2015
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2015
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2015
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2015
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2015
BrambleRubus
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
AgrimonyAgrimonia
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides
Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2017
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2015
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2015
Goat WillowSalix caprea2015
HorsetailEquisetum2015
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2015
BeechFagus sylvatica2015
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2015
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2015
Wild CherryPrunus avium2015
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2015
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2015
Red CampionSilene dioica2015
AshFraxinus excelsior2015
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2015
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2015
White CloverTrifolium repens2015
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2015
Greater PlantainPlantago major2015
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robert Edwards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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