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Nineveh Wood

✦ Ancient woodland58 ha

📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome58 ha

Getting here

55.02049, -3.01108

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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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Osier, Purple Willow · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, Laccobius striatulus +20 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, Laccobius striatulus +20 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route44 m

Named routeRef 7Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route202 m

Named routeRef 7Length 202 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route348 m

Named routeRef 7Length 348 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 7Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route523 m

Named routeRef 7Length 523 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Canada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Moorhen +24

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2025

Small Sweet-grass · Common Duckweed · Marsh Thistle · Heather · Tufted Forget-me-not +2

Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,265 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Canada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Moorhen +24

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2025

Small Sweet-grass · Common Duckweed · Marsh Thistle · Heather · Tufted Forget-me-not +2

Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rose and Trev Clough · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Waymarked trail, Nineveh Wood

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