Ox Pasture Wood
✦ Ancient woodland19 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
53.96834, -2.31367
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🌿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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Barren Strawberry, Hazel +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Sycamore, Yorkshire-fog +136 more · last seen 2019
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Small Heath, Small White, Meadow Brown +6 more · last seen 2015
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ribble WayWalking route114 km▾
The Ribble Way follows the valley of the River Ribble from the mouth to the source near to the Pennine Way National Trail on Gayle Moor.
Named routeLength 114 kmRegional walking route
The Ribble Valley Jubilee TrailWalking route105 km▾
A new 65-mile circular hiking route through the scenic rolling countryside and spectacular uplands of the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
Named routeLength 105 kmRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The 8Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
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Wildlife to spot
2,121 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,121 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Wren +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
Sika Deer · Mole
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
Wood Anemone · Coltsfoot · Goldilocks Buttercup · Common Vetch · Hogweed +30
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,121 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Wren +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- TealAnas crecca2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2018
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
Sika Deer · Mole
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
Wood Anemone · Coltsfoot · Goldilocks Buttercup · Common Vetch · Hogweed +30
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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