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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Mallard +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Mallard +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss, Fern-leaved Hook-moss +82 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss, Fern-leaved Hook-moss +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Danelaw Way Walking route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
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Wildlife to spot
5,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,683 records · National Biodiversity Network Mute Swan · Swallow · Greylag Goose · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +40
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Swallow Hirundo rustica Greylag Goose Anser anser Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Gadwall Mareca strepera Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Teal Anas crecca2022 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Fallow Deer
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Fallow Deer Dama dama2023 Common Blue Damselfly · Band-eyed Brown Horsefly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2023 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Lyell's Bristle-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +57
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla2024 Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii2024 Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis2024 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,683 records · National Biodiversity Network Mute Swan · Swallow · Greylag Goose · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +40
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Swallow Hirundo rustica Greylag Goose Anser anser Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Gadwall Mareca strepera Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Teal Anas crecca2022 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Fallow Deer
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Fallow Deer Dama dama2023 Common Blue Damselfly · Band-eyed Brown Horsefly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2023 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Lyell's Bristle-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +57
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla2024 Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii2024 Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis2024 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Fern-leaved Hook-moss Cratoneuron filicinum2024
Fern-leaved Hook-moss Cratoneuron filicinum2024
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2024
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2024
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2024
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2024
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum2024
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum2024
Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum2024
Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum2024
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum2024
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum2024
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2024
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2024
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss Streblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2024
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss Streblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2024
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2024
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare2024
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens2024
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens2024
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum2024
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum2024
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2024
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2024
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha2024
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha2024
Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme
Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme
Tall Pottia Tortula protobryoides2024
Tall Pottia Tortula protobryoides2024
Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii2024
Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii2024
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2024
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2024
Syntrichia montana var. montana Syntrichia montana var. montana2024
Syntrichia montana var. montana Syntrichia montana var. montana2024
Bruch's Pincushion Ulota bruchii2024
Bruch's Pincushion Ulota bruchii2024
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa2024
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa2024
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus2024
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus2024
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2024
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2024
Hooded Bristle-moss Orthotrichum cupulatum2024
Hooded Bristle-moss Orthotrichum cupulatum2024
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum2024
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum2024
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata2024
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata2024
Slender Pocket-moss Fissidens exilis2024
Slender Pocket-moss Fissidens exilis2024
Even Scalewort Radula complanata2024
Even Scalewort Radula complanata2024
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2024
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2024
Lesser Screw-moss Syntrichia virescens2024
Lesser Screw-moss Syntrichia virescens2024
Wall Thread-moss Bryum radiculosum2024
Wall Thread-moss Bryum radiculosum2024
Short-leaved Pocket-moss Fissidens incurvus2024
Short-leaved Pocket-moss Fissidens incurvus2024
Pointed Beard-moss Didymodon icmadophilus2024
Pointed Beard-moss Didymodon icmadophilus2024
River Feather-moss Brachythecium rivulare2024
River Feather-moss Brachythecium rivulare2024
Soft-tufted Beard-moss Didymodon vinealis2024
Soft-tufted Beard-moss Didymodon vinealis2024
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2024
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2024
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax2024
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax2024
Dusky Beard-moss Didymodon luridus2024
Dusky Beard-moss Didymodon luridus2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata2024
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2024
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum2024
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum2024
Dicranella howei Dicranella howei2024
Dicranella howei Dicranella howei2024
Slender Stubble-moss Gyroweisia tenuis2024
Slender Stubble-moss Gyroweisia tenuis2024
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2024
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2024
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus2024
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus2024
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum2024
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum2024
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2024
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2024
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2024
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2024
Green Yoke-moss Zygodon viridissimus2024
Green Yoke-moss Zygodon viridissimus2024
Nicholson's Beard-moss Didymodon nicholsonii2024
Nicholson's Beard-moss Didymodon nicholsonii2024
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans2024
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans2024
Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum2024
Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum2024
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss Bryum rubens2024
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss Bryum rubens2024
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica2024
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica2024
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2024
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum2024
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2024
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2024
Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila2024
Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila2024 