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Nigget Wood

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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Visiting this summer

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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Chickweed, Elder +28 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Groundsel, Prickly Sow-thistle, Ivy +207 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Groundsel, Prickly Sow-thistle, Ivy +207 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, 10-spot Ladybird +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, 10-spot Ladybird +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Knott EndCycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

1,129 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,129 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springwinter

2024

Carrion Crow · Willow Warbler · Reed Bunting · Teal · Snipe +37

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
TealAnas crecca2014
SnipeGallinago gallinago
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
BuzzardButeo buteo2016
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2014
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2010
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2010
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great TitParus major2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2011
SiskinSpinus spinus2011
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2010
RookCorvus frugilegus2010
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2010
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2010
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2010
LinnetLinaria cannabina2010
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2010
Common GullLarus canus2010
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2010
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2010
House SparrowPasser domesticus2010
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2010
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2010
RavenCorvus corax2010
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2010
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2010
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2010
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2010
SwiftApus apus2010
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2010
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2010
JayGarrulus glandarius2010
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2010

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2024

Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2017

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐟

Fish1 species

spring

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects36 species

summer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 10-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +31

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2022
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2022
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2021
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2021
Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2020
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2019
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2016

🌿

Plants42 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Prickly Sow-thistle · Selfheal · Musk-mallow · Wood Avens · Elder +37

Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2022
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2013
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2024
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Wild PansyViola tricolor2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
TurnipBrassica rapa2022
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2022
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2022
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2021
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2020
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2020
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2013
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2013
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2013
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,129 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

springwinter

2024

Carrion Crow · Willow Warbler · Reed Bunting · Teal · Snipe +37

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
TealAnas crecca2014
SnipeGallinago gallinago
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
BuzzardButeo buteo2016
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2014
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2010
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2010
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great TitParus major2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2011
SiskinSpinus spinus2011
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2010
RookCorvus frugilegus2010
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2010
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2010
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2010
LinnetLinaria cannabina2010
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2010
Common GullLarus canus2010
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2010
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2010
House SparrowPasser domesticus2010
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2010
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2010
RavenCorvus corax2010
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2010
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2010
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2010
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2010
SwiftApus apus2010
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2010
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2010
JayGarrulus glandarius2010
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2010

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2024

Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2017

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐟

Fish1 species

spring

2025

European Eel

European EelAnguilla anguilla

🐝

Insects36 species

summer

2025

Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 10-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +31

Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2022
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2022
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2021
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2021
Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2020
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2019
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2016

🌿

Plants42 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Prickly Sow-thistle · Selfheal · Musk-mallow · Wood Avens · Elder +37

Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2022
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2022
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2013
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2024
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Wild PansyViola tricolor2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
TurnipBrassica rapa2022
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2022
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2022
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2021
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2021
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021
DaisyBellis perennis2021
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2020
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2020
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2013
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2013
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2013
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2013

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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