Roger Pot Nursery - Conifer woodland
38 ha
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🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome38 ha
Getting here
54.29499, -2.37783
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 122m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 122m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dales WayWalking route129 km▾
Named routeLength 129 kmRegional walking route
Dales High WayWalking route145 km▾
Runs from Saltaire (West Yorkshire) to Appleby-in-Westmorland (Cumbria) roughly following route of Settle and Carlisle railway
Named routeLength 145 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Dales CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YDCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route106 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 106 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route13.7 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 13.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface cobbles
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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5,932 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,932 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Pheasant · Siskin · Blue Tit +34
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Red Squirrel · Mole · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Compact Rush · Tufted Hair-grass · Broad-leaved Dock · Creeping Bent · Hawthorn +52
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- American Willowherb
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,932 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Pheasant · Siskin · Blue Tit +34
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Red Squirrel · Mole · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Compact Rush · Tufted Hair-grass · Broad-leaved Dock · Creeping Bent · Hawthorn +52
- Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- American Willowherb
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epilobium ciliatum
Epilobium ciliatum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaHairy Rock-cressArabis hirsutaHairy Rock-cressArabis hirsutaHawkweedHieraciumHawkweedHieraciumWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataSaltmarsh RushJuncus gerardiiSaltmarsh RushJuncus gerardiiCommon TwaybladeNeottia ovataCommon TwaybladeNeottia ovataWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia cracca