The Lings - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.20297, -1.11486
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 km7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greenwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Major Oak TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Giants TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route993 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 993 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route376 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 376 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green Route
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Ling Lanebridleway · 450 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 450 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
27,335 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,335 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chaffinch +10
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mole
🐝Insects3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hylastes opacus · Silvanus unidentatus · Glow-worm
- Hylastes opacusHylastes opacus
- Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common Earthball · Tawny Grisette · Hoof Fungus · Felted Twiglet · Variable Oysterling +121
- Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum
- Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
- Felted TwigletTubaria conspersa
- Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Orange MosscapRickenella fibula
Bracken · Pedunculate Oak · Holly · Soft-rush · Lesser Burdock +28
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Hedge BarberryBerberis darwinii x empetrifolia = B. x stenophylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,335 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chaffinch +10
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mole
🐝Insects3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hylastes opacus · Silvanus unidentatus · Glow-worm
- Hylastes opacusHylastes opacus
- Silvanus unidentatusSilvanus unidentatus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common Earthball · Tawny Grisette · Hoof Fungus · Felted Twiglet · Variable Oysterling +121
- Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum
- Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
- Felted TwigletTubaria conspersa
- Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Orange MosscapRickenella fibula
Bracken · Pedunculate Oak · Holly · Soft-rush · Lesser Burdock +28
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Hedge BarberryBerberis darwinii x empetrifolia = B. x stenophylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas