Far Wood
✦ Ancient woodland67 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome67 ha
Getting here
53.58040, -0.55177
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Own or manage this place?
Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.
Claim this page→How useful was the information on this page?
id: fe65008d-c5b6-45be-956b-b2fe78bc94d2
Wildlife to spot
3,997 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,997 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Starling · Woodpigeon +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Scaeva selenitica · Rosemary Beetle · Scarab Shieldbug · Volucella inanis · Large Marsh Horsefly +21
- Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Scarab ShieldbugThyreocoris scarabaeoides2024
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
🌿Plants57 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Wall Germander · Dyer's Greenweed · Clustered Feather-moss · Saw-wort · Wild Marjoram +52
- Wall GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2023
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2023
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,997 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Starling · Woodpigeon +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2025▾
Scaeva selenitica · Rosemary Beetle · Scarab Shieldbug · Volucella inanis · Large Marsh Horsefly +21
- Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Scarab ShieldbugThyreocoris scarabaeoides2024
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
🌿Plants57 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Wall Germander · Dyer's Greenweed · Clustered Feather-moss · Saw-wort · Wild Marjoram +52
- Wall GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2023
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2023
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
