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🚵Mountain bikes🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome305 ha
Getting here
54.33605, -0.58298
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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
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Moors to Sea
- 🐕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
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Moors to Sea
- 🐕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
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🚵Mountain biking
Very strong match
1 MTB/downhill trail(s); Named MTB route nearby: Moors to Sea
Varies
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Ringlet +55 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Ringlet +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Blackcap +41 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Blackcap +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
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Wildlife to spot
2,747 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,747 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker · Siskin · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Robin +23
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Daubenton's Bat
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Peacock · Green-veined White · Dark Green Fritillary +13
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,747 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker · Siskin · Blue Tit · Grey Heron · Robin +23
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Daubenton's Bat
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Peacock · Green-veined White · Dark Green Fritillary +13
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2024Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Glow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaSmall SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Events & activities nearby
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