Middle Wood - Conifer woodland
1 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.93796, -2.66753
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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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wyre Way (Tarnbrook Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
The Barnacre RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Grizedale Valley and ScortonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Northern Route To Cockerham and DolphinholmeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
384 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
384 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Lesser Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Red Grouse (scotica) · Meadow Pipit · Wren +37
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- CurlewNumenius arquata2014
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2013
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2014
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2013
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2013
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2016
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2013
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2013
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2013
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2016
- CuckooCuculus canorus2016
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2015
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2014
- JackdawColoeus monedula2013
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2013
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Twin-spot Carpet · Drusus annulatus · Hydropsyche siltalai · Rhyacophila dorsalis · Peacock +11
- Twin-spot CarpetMesotype didymata2012
- Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2018
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2018
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2018
- PeacockAglais io2016
- Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Heather · Scots Pine · Marsh Horsetail · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Bog Asphodel +6
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2025
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
384 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Lesser Black-backed Gull · Herring Gull · Red Grouse (scotica) · Meadow Pipit · Wren +37
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- CurlewNumenius arquata2014
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2013
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2014
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2013
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2013
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2016
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2013
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2013
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2013
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2016
- CuckooCuculus canorus2016
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2015
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2014
- JackdawColoeus monedula2013
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2013
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Twin-spot Carpet · Drusus annulatus · Hydropsyche siltalai · Rhyacophila dorsalis · Peacock +11
- Twin-spot CarpetMesotype didymata2012
- Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2018
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2018
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2018
- PeacockAglais io2016
- Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Heather · Scots Pine · Marsh Horsetail · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Bog Asphodel +6
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2025
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2025Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2025CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2025CloudberryRubus chamaemorus2025CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2024CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2024Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2020Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum2020RhododendronRhododendron2013RhododendronRhododendron2013