Broomball Wood
✦ Ancient woodland17 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
50.89809, -4.28930
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
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Wildlife to spot
1,646 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,646 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +27
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Feral Cat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Feral CatFelis catus2021
Ringlet · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Large White +27
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
🍄Fungi1 species
autumnwinter
2018▾
Bearded Tooth
- Bearded ToothHericium erinaceus
Hazel · Yorkshire-fog · Lesser Stitchwort · Foxglove · Great Willowherb +33
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,646 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +27
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Feral Cat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Feral CatFelis catus2021
Ringlet · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Large White +27
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
🍄Fungi1 species
autumnwinter
2018▾
Bearded Tooth
- Bearded ToothHericium erinaceus
Hazel · Yorkshire-fog · Lesser Stitchwort · Foxglove · Great Willowherb +33
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2021Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2021Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2021Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2021Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2021Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2021Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2018Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2018Marsh FritillaryEuphydryas aurinia2018Marsh FritillaryEuphydryas aurinia2018Agonum viduumAgonum viduum2016Agonum viduumAgonum viduum2016Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes2016Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes2016Creeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaLady-fernAthyrium filix-feminaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica