🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.08230, -0.51056
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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
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A607 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
High Dikebridleway · 311 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 311 mPath type: unclassified
High Dikebridleway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
2,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,068 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Yellowhammer · Skylark · Wren · Dunnock +45
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2020
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2020▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Cantharis rustica · 7-spot Ladybird · Anaspis maculata +11
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2020
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2020
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2020
- Cantharis nigricans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,068 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Yellowhammer · Skylark · Wren · Dunnock +45
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
- Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2020
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2020▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Cantharis rustica · 7-spot Ladybird · Anaspis maculata +11
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2020
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2020
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2020
- Cantharis nigricans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis nigricans2020
Cantharis nigricans2020
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2020Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2020Tricholauxania praeustaTricholauxania praeusta2020Tricholauxania praeustaTricholauxania praeusta2020Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2020Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2020Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2020Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2020Apple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatus2020Apple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatus2020Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2020Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2020Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2020Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2020Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2020Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni2020Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni2020