Long Thwaite Wood
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.38252, -1.18188
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
- 🌿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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Teal
- 🌿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 — Mallard, Teal, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Teal, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Ramsons, Hazel, Bramble +19 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Large-leaved Lime, Ramsons, Sycamore +130 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +17 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +17 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route534 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 534 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route494 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 494 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route247 m▾
Named routeRef 674Length 247 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,835 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,835 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +48
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TealAnas crecca
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Small White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Large White · Red Admiral +5
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- CommaPolygonia c-album
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Fleabane · Lesser Trefoil
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,835 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +48
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TealAnas crecca
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Small White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Large White · Red Admiral +5
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- CommaPolygonia c-album
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Fleabane · Lesser Trefoil
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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