Long Wood - Conifer woodland
29 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
53.08696, -1.09126
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southwell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route339 m▾
Named routeLength 339 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route136 m▾
Named routeLength 136 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route149 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
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Wildlife to spot
6,936 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,936 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Campyloneura virgula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula
Charcoal Burner · Violet Bramble Rust · Red Edge Brittlestem · Snapping Bonnet · Jelly Rot +27
- Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Red Edge BrittlestemPsathyrella corrugis
- Snapping BonnetMycena vitilis
- Jelly RotPhlebia tremellosa
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- Dead Man's Fingers
Green Alkanet · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Dryopteris affinis · Wall Speedwell · Pendulous Sedge +8
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
- Field Pansy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,936 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Campyloneura virgula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula
Charcoal Burner · Violet Bramble Rust · Red Edge Brittlestem · Snapping Bonnet · Jelly Rot +27
- Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
- Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
- Red Edge BrittlestemPsathyrella corrugis
- Snapping BonnetMycena vitilis
- Jelly RotPhlebia tremellosa
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- Dead Man's Fingers
Green Alkanet · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Dryopteris affinis · Wall Speedwell · Pendulous Sedge +8
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
- Field Pansy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xylaria polymorpha
Xylaria polymorpha
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Viola arvensis
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