Kidsnape Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 7 ha
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
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53.84800, -2.64187
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Starling 🌿 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
🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Starling 🌿 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Starling, Song Thrush +63 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Starling, Song Thrush +63 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Hazel, Garlic Mustard +24 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — daffodils, Broad Buckler-fern, Blackthorn +190 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Painted Lady +70 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Painted Lady +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Ribble Way Walking route 114 km ▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named route Length 114 km Regional walking route
Show on map Preston Guild Wheel Walking route ▾
Relation for walking route. The Cycling relation is separately mapped as NCN 622
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Ribble Valley Jubilee Trail Walking route 105 km ▾
A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
Named route Length 105 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 90 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN 622 Preston Guild Wheel Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 622 National Cycle Network
Show on map Southern Loop to Great Eccleston Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7 Local cycle route
Show on map The Trough of Bowland Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map The Chipping Round Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos A Pasture off Inglewhite Road
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1,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,904 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Anas platyrhynchos x · Blackbird · Lapwing · Curlew · Carrion Crow +40
Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Blackbird Turdus merula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Curlew Numenius arquata Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Swallow Hirundo rustica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Common Gull Larus canus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rock Dove Columba livia Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Barn Owl Tyto alba2021 Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Otter · Roe Deer +5
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2021 Otter Lutra lutra2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral · Dasysyrphus tricinctus +4
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Reed Canary-grass · Marsh Thistle · Horse-chestnut
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,904 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Anas platyrhynchos x · Blackbird · Lapwing · Curlew · Carrion Crow +40
Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Blackbird Turdus merula Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Curlew Numenius arquata Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Swallow Hirundo rustica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Common Gull Larus canus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rock Dove Columba livia Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Barn Owl Tyto alba2021 Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Otter · Roe Deer +5
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2021 Otter Lutra lutra2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral · Dasysyrphus tricinctus +4
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Reed Canary-grass · Marsh Thistle · Horse-chestnut
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2021
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2021
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2021
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2021 2019
2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 