Minster Wood - Open water
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.21262, -1.18192
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
- 🌿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 — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 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▾
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
William Wood Lanebridleway · 85 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 85 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
William Wood Lanebridleway · 469 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 469 mSurface concretePath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
19,738 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Coot +33
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Nephrotoma appendiculata · Cantharis pallida · Garden Chafer · Tall Fescue Planthopper
- Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata
- Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
Dog's Mercury · Hogweed · Bluebell · Wood Melick · Lesser Celandine +73
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Coot +33
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Nephrotoma appendiculata · Cantharis pallida · Garden Chafer · Tall Fescue Planthopper
- Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata
- Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
Dog's Mercury · Hogweed · Bluebell · Wood Melick · Lesser Celandine +73
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
