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Coxmoor Plantation

2 ha

📷 Antony Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.10501, -1.22498

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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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Black-necked Grebe +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Black-necked Grebe +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Wood Woollyfoot, Crystal Brain, Jelly Rot +121 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Wood Woollyfoot, Crystal Brain, Jelly Rot +121 more · last seen 2024

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Garden Chafer, Summer Chafer, Common Cockchafer +83 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Garden Chafer, Summer Chafer, Common Cockchafer +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Fern-leaved Hook-moss, Elegant Bristle-moss, Common Tamarisk-moss +45 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Fern-leaved Hook-moss, Elegant Bristle-moss, Common Tamarisk-moss +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Jelly Ear, Beech Milkcap, Oakbug Milkcap +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Skegby TrailWalking route

Named route

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Three Centres TrailWalking route

Named route

Maun Valley TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Skegby TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Teversal TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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

Main RouteCycling route201 m

Named routeRef 6Length 201 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth

Wildlife to spot

11,163 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,163 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

autumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie +27

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Podiceps nigricollis nigricollisPodiceps nigricollis nigricollis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Rabbit · Roe Deer

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects21 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Birch Shieldbug · Summer Chafer · Garden Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Melanotus castanipes +16

Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Melanotus castanipesMelanotus castanipes
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
Amara bifronsAmara bifrons
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes

🍄

Fungi65 species

autumn

2025

Birch Woodwart · Blushing Bracket · Bluefoot Bolete · Fairy Inkcap · Hoof Fungus +60

Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
Bluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinus
Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus
Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
Aniseed FunnelClitocybe odora
Benzoin BracketIschnoderma benzoinum
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
Orange BonnetMycena acicula
Frosty FunnelClitocybe phyllophila
Birch MilkcapLactarius tabidus
Hen Of The WoodsGrifola frondosa
DeceiverLaccaria laccata
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
Bay BoleteImleria badia
Conifercone CapBaeospora myosura
Arrhenia griseopallidaArrhenia griseopallida
Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides
Ugly MilkcapLactarius turpis
Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
Angel's BonnetMycena arcangeliana
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
Hare'sfoot InkcapCoprinopsis lagopus
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
Oakbug MilkcapLactarius quietus
Bolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermus
Amethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystina
Small StagshornCalocera cornea
Scarletina BoleteNeoboletus praestigiator
Lilac BonnetMycena pura
White SaddleHelvella crispa
Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans
False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Birch MazegillTrametes betulina
Snowy InkcapCoprinopsis nivea
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans
Bulbous BonnetMycena stylobates
Common BonnetMycena galericulata
Inocybe posterulaInocybe posterula
Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola
Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
Peppery BoleteChalciporus piperatus
Pestle PuffballLycoperdon excipuliforme
Coconut MilkcapLactarius glyciosmus
Leucocybe candicansLeucocybe candicans
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme
Liver MilkcapLactarius hepaticus
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum
Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Cushion BracketPhellinus pomaceus
Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,163 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

autumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie +27

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Podiceps nigricollis nigricollisPodiceps nigricollis nigricollis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Rabbit · Roe Deer

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects21 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Birch Shieldbug · Summer Chafer · Garden Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Melanotus castanipes +16

Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Melanotus castanipesMelanotus castanipes
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
Amara bifronsAmara bifrons
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta
Brown ChaferSerica brunnea
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes

🍄

Fungi65 species

autumn

2025

Birch Woodwart · Blushing Bracket · Bluefoot Bolete · Fairy Inkcap · Hoof Fungus +60

Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
Bluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinus
Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus
Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
Aniseed FunnelClitocybe odora
Benzoin BracketIschnoderma benzoinum
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
Orange BonnetMycena acicula
Frosty FunnelClitocybe phyllophila
Birch MilkcapLactarius tabidus
Hen Of The WoodsGrifola frondosa
DeceiverLaccaria laccata
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
Bay BoleteImleria badia
Conifercone CapBaeospora myosura
Arrhenia griseopallidaArrhenia griseopallida
Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus
Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides
Ugly MilkcapLactarius turpis
Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
Angel's BonnetMycena arcangeliana
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
Hare'sfoot InkcapCoprinopsis lagopus
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
Oakbug MilkcapLactarius quietus
Bolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermus
Amethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystina
Small StagshornCalocera cornea
Scarletina BoleteNeoboletus praestigiator
Lilac BonnetMycena pura
White SaddleHelvella crispa
Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans
False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Birch MazegillTrametes betulina
Snowy InkcapCoprinopsis nivea
Black BulgarBulgaria inquinans
Bulbous BonnetMycena stylobates
Common BonnetMycena galericulata
Inocybe posterulaInocybe posterula
Mycena pseudocorticolaMycena pseudocorticola
Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
Peppery BoleteChalciporus piperatus
Pestle PuffballLycoperdon excipuliforme
Coconut MilkcapLactarius glyciosmus
Leucocybe candicansLeucocybe candicans
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme
Liver MilkcapLactarius hepaticus
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Lumpy BracketTrametes gibbosa
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum
Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Cushion BracketPhellinus pomaceus
Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Antony Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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