Low Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 85 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 85 ha
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54.28832, -3.24206
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides, Himalayan Balsam +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood +129 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cumbria Coastal Way Walking route 298 km ▾
Named route Length 298 km Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Silecroft to Silverdale Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref LDL Regional cycle route
Show on map 8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
2,996 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,996 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Goldfinch +50
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Large Red Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Yellow Meadow Ant · Two-spotted Carpet Beetle +3
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Two-spotted Carpet Beetle Attagenus pellio Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Lords-and-Ladies · Round-leaved Sundew · Bog Asphodel · Yellow-rattle · Bog Pimpernel +2
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia2025 Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum2025 Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2025 Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella2025 Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,996 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Goldfinch +50
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Large Red Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Yellow Meadow Ant · Two-spotted Carpet Beetle +3
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Two-spotted Carpet Beetle Attagenus pellio Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Lords-and-Ladies · Round-leaved Sundew · Bog Asphodel · Yellow-rattle · Bog Pimpernel +2
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia2025 Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum2025 Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2025 Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella2025 Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 2025
2025
White Beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba2025
White Beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba2025 