Warkton Common - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
52.42574, -0.65555
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route260 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route690 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,495 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,495 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +40
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MagpiePica pica2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Eristalis tenax +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Lady's Bedstraw
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,495 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +40
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MagpiePica pica2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Eristalis tenax +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Lady's Bedstraw
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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