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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.76121, -0.76052
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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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Bramble, Elder +25 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Ringlet +50 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Large White, Ringlet +50 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Dock, Hawthorn, Bramble +200 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Wood Dock, Hawthorn, Bramble +200 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route234 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 234 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ings Lanebridleway · 245 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 245 mSurface groundPath type: track
Photos
Lane and bridleway alongside Ings drain, opposite Hives Lane
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Wildlife to spot
1,199 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,199 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Collared Dove · Magpie · Swift +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2019
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Small White · Large White · 2-spot Ladybird · Hornet · Meadow Brown +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- HornetVespa crabro2020
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Great Willowherb · Common Sorrel · Hoary Ragwort · Broad-leaved Dock · Crack-willow +62
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,199 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Collared Dove · Magpie · Swift +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2019
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Small White · Large White · 2-spot Ladybird · Hornet · Meadow Brown +20
- Small WhitePieris rapae2017
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- HornetVespa crabro2020
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Great Willowherb · Common Sorrel · Hoary Ragwort · Broad-leaved Dock · Crack-willow +62
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas