Fell Plantation - Sparse woodland
3 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.91525, -2.68269
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
The Barnacre RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Grizedale Valley and ScortonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
2,216 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,216 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Curlew · Hobby · Lapwing · Barn Owl +32
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula2016
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2016
- JackdawColoeus monedula2016
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2016
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2016
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2017
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2016
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2016
- Great TitParus major2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- NuthatchSitta europaea2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2016
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2016
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2016
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brandt's Bat · Common Pipistrelle +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects25 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Rhyacophila dorsalis · Hydropsyche siltalai · Rhyacophila fasciata · Drusus annulatus · Polycentropus flavomaculatus +20
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2018
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2018
- Rhyacophila fasciataRhyacophila fasciata2018
- Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2018
- Polycentropus flavomaculatus
🌿Plants50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Bluebell · Taxus baccata f. fastigiata · Holly · Bilberry · Bugle +45
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,216 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Curlew · Hobby · Lapwing · Barn Owl +32
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula2016
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2016
- JackdawColoeus monedula2016
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2016
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2016
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2017
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2016
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2016
- Great TitParus major2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- NuthatchSitta europaea2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2016
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2016
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2016
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brandt's Bat · Common Pipistrelle +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects25 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Rhyacophila dorsalis · Hydropsyche siltalai · Rhyacophila fasciata · Drusus annulatus · Polycentropus flavomaculatus +20
- Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2018
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2018
- Rhyacophila fasciataRhyacophila fasciata2018
- Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2018
- Polycentropus flavomaculatus
🌿Plants50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Bluebell · Taxus baccata f. fastigiata · Holly · Bilberry · Bugle +45
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Taxus baccata f. fastigiataTaxus baccata f. fastigiata2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- BugleAjuga reptans2025
- Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
MoleTalpa europaea2020MoleTalpa europaea2020Polycentropus flavomaculatus2018
Polycentropus flavomaculatus2018
HornetVespa crabro2019HornetVespa crabro2019Plectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersa2018Plectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersa20187-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataHeather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2023Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2017Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea201714-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata201714-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2017White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2016White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2016Small WhitePieris rapae2016Small WhitePieris rapae2016Large WhitePieris brassicae2016Large WhitePieris brassicae2016Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2016Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2016Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus2016Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus2016Hebecnema umbraticaHebecnema umbratica2016Hebecnema umbraticaHebecnema umbratica2016Rhamphomyia umbripennisRhamphomyia umbripennis2016Rhamphomyia umbripennisRhamphomyia umbripennis2016Rhamphomyia crassirostrisRhamphomyia crassirostris2016Rhamphomyia crassirostrisRhamphomyia crassirostris2016Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2016Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2016Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2016Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2016Polietes domitorPolietes domitor2016Polietes domitorPolietes domitor2016Silene dioica2025
Silene dioica2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017Sitka SprucePicea sitchensisSitka SprucePicea sitchensisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Bird CherryPrunus padus2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis2024Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024FigFicus carica2024FigFicus carica2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024OsierSalix viminalis2024OsierSalix viminalis2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2018HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2018