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Silverhill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland22 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

55.02807, -3.00139

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan +85 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

Good match

Insects — Zwicknia bifrons, Tawny Mining Bee, Mire Mourner +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Zwicknia bifrons, Tawny Mining Bee, Mire Mourner +3 more · last seen 2026

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

5,687 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,687 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Oystercatcher · Sand Martin · Pied Wagtail · Pink-footed Goose · Common Sandpiper +56

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoosanderMergus merganser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common GullLarus canus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Stock DoveColumba oenas
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CootFulica atra
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Great TitParus major
SiskinSpinus spinus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
SwiftApus apus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Zwicknia bifrons

Zwicknia bifronsZwicknia bifrons

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,687 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Oystercatcher · Sand Martin · Pied Wagtail · Pink-footed Goose · Common Sandpiper +56

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoosanderMergus merganser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common GullLarus canus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Stock DoveColumba oenas
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CootFulica atra
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Great TitParus major
SiskinSpinus spinus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
SwiftApus apus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Zwicknia bifrons

Zwicknia bifronsZwicknia bifrons

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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