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Kendallscroft Grove

5 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Greater Plantain, Ivy +84 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Bluebell, Greater Plantain, Ivy +84 more · last seen 2018

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Large White, Meadow Brown +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Large White, Meadow Brown +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km

Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Hosden's Lanebyway open to all traffic · 732 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 732 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Pannell's Ash Farmbyway open to all traffic · 757 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 757 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

2,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

spring

2026

Buzzard · Red-legged Partridge · Pheasant · Blackbird · Blue Tit +65

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2015
MagpiePica pica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
SwiftApus apus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
Stock DoveColumba oenas2015
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2015
Barn OwlTyto alba2015
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2016
House MartinDelichon urbicum2015

🦌

Mammals12 species

springsummer

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Roe Deer +7

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
BadgerMeles meles2018
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
StoatMustela erminea2019
PolecatMustela putorius2015
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2018
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummerautumn

2019

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Meadow Brown · Orange-tip · Red Admiral +32

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2016
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2016
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2014
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2016
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2014
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2014
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2016
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2015
Purple EmperorApatura iris
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2021
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2020
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2019
Red-tipped ClearwingSynanthedon formicaeformis2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2017
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2016
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2016
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2014
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2014

🌿

Plants87 species

summerautumn

2018

Bluebell · Greater Plantain · Ivy · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Thistle +82

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Greater PlantainPlantago major
IvyHedera helix2016
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2016
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2016
Common NettleUrtica dioica2016
CleaversGalium aparine2016
White Dead-nettleLamium album2015
Black BryonyTamus communis2015
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2015
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
ElderSambucus nigra
AshFraxinus excelsior
AgrimonyAgrimonia
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
White CloverTrifolium repens2016
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2016
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2016
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2016
BrambleRubus2016
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2016
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2015
Field-roseRosa arvensis2015
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2015
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2015
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2015
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Dog-roseRosa canina
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
YewTaxus baccata
BoxBuxus sempervirens
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
HazelCorylus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HorsetailEquisetum2016
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2016
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2016
AlderAlnus glutinosa2016
BeechFagus sylvatica2016
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2016
Silver BirchBetula pendula2016
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2016
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2016
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2016
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2016
NipplewortLapsana communis2016
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2016
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2016
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2016
White CampionSilene latifolia2015
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2015
AppleMalus2015
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2015
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2015
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2015
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2015
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2015
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2015
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2015
KnapweedCentaurea2015
LindenTilia2015
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2015
DaisyBellis perennis2015
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2015
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2015
PignutConopodium majus2015
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2015
PrimrosePrimula2015
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

spring

2026

Buzzard · Red-legged Partridge · Pheasant · Blackbird · Blue Tit +65

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2015
MagpiePica pica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
SwiftApus apus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
Stock DoveColumba oenas2015
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2015
Barn OwlTyto alba2015
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2016
House MartinDelichon urbicum2015

🦌

Mammals12 species

springsummer

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Roe Deer +7

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
BadgerMeles meles2018
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
StoatMustela erminea2019
PolecatMustela putorius2015
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2018
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummerautumn

2019

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Meadow Brown · Orange-tip · Red Admiral +32

Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2017
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2016
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2016
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2016
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2014
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2016
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2014
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2014
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2016
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2015
Purple EmperorApatura iris
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2021
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2020
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2019
Red-tipped ClearwingSynanthedon formicaeformis2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2017
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2016
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2016
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2014
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2014

🌿

Plants87 species

summerautumn

2018

Bluebell · Greater Plantain · Ivy · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Thistle +82

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Greater PlantainPlantago major
IvyHedera helix2016
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2016
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2016
Common NettleUrtica dioica2016
CleaversGalium aparine2016
White Dead-nettleLamium album2015
Black BryonyTamus communis2015
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2015
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
ElderSambucus nigra
AshFraxinus excelsior
AgrimonyAgrimonia
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
White CloverTrifolium repens2016
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2016
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2016
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2016
BrambleRubus2016
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2016
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2015
Field-roseRosa arvensis2015
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2015
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2015
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2015
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Dog-roseRosa canina
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
YewTaxus baccata
BoxBuxus sempervirens
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
HazelCorylus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HorsetailEquisetum2016
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2016
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2016
AlderAlnus glutinosa2016
BeechFagus sylvatica2016
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2016
Silver BirchBetula pendula2016
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2016
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2016
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2016
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2016
NipplewortLapsana communis2016
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2016
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2016
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2016
White CampionSilene latifolia2015
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2015
AppleMalus2015
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2015
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2015
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2015
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2015
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2015
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2015
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2015
KnapweedCentaurea2015
LindenTilia2015
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2015
DaisyBellis perennis2015
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2015
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2015
PignutConopodium majus2015
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2015
PrimrosePrimula2015
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Lee Holmes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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