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Little Cockshotts Wood

2 ha

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whooper Swan and Blackbird
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whooper Swan and Blackbird
🐕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

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Whooper Swan, Blackbird, Great Tit +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Whooper Swan, Blackbird, Great Tit +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +105 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +105 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Valerian, Lords-and-Ladies, Cuckooflower +35 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Valerian, Lords-and-Ladies, Cuckooflower +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Hogweed, Hawthorn

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lune Valley RambleWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network

Bentham Bike LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cumbria CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route27 m

Named routeRef 69Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,177 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,177 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2025

Whooper Swan · Greylag Goose · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Swallow +34

Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Great TitParus major2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2022

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral +11

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
PeacockAglais io2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022

🌿

Plants22 species

summer

2025

Common Valerian · Japanese Knotweed · Red Campion · Lords-and-Ladies · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +17

Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
Red CampionSilene dioica
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023
BetonyBetonica officinalis2023
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023
Black BryonyTamus communis2023
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
HopHumulus lupulus2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,177 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2025

Whooper Swan · Greylag Goose · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Swallow +34

Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Great TitParus major2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2022

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral +11

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
PeacockAglais io2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022

🌿

Plants22 species

summer

2025

Common Valerian · Japanese Knotweed · Red Campion · Lords-and-Ladies · Hedgerow Crane's-bill +17

Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
Red CampionSilene dioica
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2024
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Greater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella major2023
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023
BetonyBetonica officinalis2023
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023
Black BryonyTamus communis2023
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
HopHumulus lupulus2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Muddy Track beside Cockshot Barn

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