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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.24318, -0.63721
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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
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network
Route 93Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
Skellingthorpe Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Tritton Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doddington RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Bluebells in Skellingthorpe Old Wood
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Wildlife to spot
7,689 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,689 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Frog
🐝Insects54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly +49
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Dwarf Neckera
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,689 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Frog
🐝Insects54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly +49
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Dwarf Neckera
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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