Potter's Hill New Wood
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.94166, -2.73627
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named cycling route nearby: Grizedale Valley and Scorton
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wyre Way (Tarnbrook Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwiftApus apus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Field Vole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meliscaeva cinctella · Leucozona glaucia · Cheilosia illustrata · Neomyia cornicina · Dasysyrphus albostriatus +11
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Holly · Ivy · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Scots Pine · Maidenhair Spleenwort +26
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- IvyHedera helix
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwiftApus apus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Mole · Field Vole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meliscaeva cinctella · Leucozona glaucia · Cheilosia illustrata · Neomyia cornicina · Dasysyrphus albostriatus +11
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Holly · Ivy · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Scots Pine · Maidenhair Spleenwort +26
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- IvyHedera helix
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas