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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.21572, -1.20849
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Daisy, Foxglove, Biting Stonecrop +29 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Daisy, Foxglove, Biting Stonecrop +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Large White, Small White +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Large White, Small White +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 648Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
18,516 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,516 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
Sweet Chestnut · Pale Persicaria · Red Dead-nettle · Tor-grass · Elm +120
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre
- ElmUlmus
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,516 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
Sweet Chestnut · Pale Persicaria · Red Dead-nettle · Tor-grass · Elm +120
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre
- ElmUlmus
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
