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Wood Lee Common

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.41900, -1.20106

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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

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Dandelion, Ramsons +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, St Marks Fly +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +40 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cowslip, Dog's Mercury, Lesser Celandine +256 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cowslip, Dog's Mercury, Lesser Celandine +256 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Doorstep WalkWalking route

Named route

Meadow Lanepublic footpath · 104 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 104 mPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 674Cycling route

Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network

Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route70 m

Named routeLength 70 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route532 m

Named routeRef 674Length 532 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.2 km

Named routeRef 674Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,458 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,458 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

spring

2026

Wren · Tawny Owl · Grey Wagtail · Coot · Long-tailed Tit +19

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Green Tiger Beetle · St Marks Fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
St Marks FlyBibio marci

🌿

Plants129 species

spring

2026

Lords-and-Ladies · Creeping Thistle · Silver Birch · Bluebell · Early Dog-violet +124

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2025
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2025
WillowherbEpilobium2025
Hybrid BirchBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
SanicleSanicula europaea2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
BetonyBetonica officinalis2025
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2025
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025
Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025
AppleMalus domestica2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2025
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Bird CherryPrunus padus2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
LindenTilia2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Holcus lanatus x mollis = H. x hybridusHolcus lanatus x mollis = H. x hybridus2025
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025
False OxlipPrimula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Field-roseRosa arvensis2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
IvyHedera helix2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
PignutConopodium majus2025
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
daffodilsNarcissus2025
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2025
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,458 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

spring

2026

Wren · Tawny Owl · Grey Wagtail · Coot · Long-tailed Tit +19

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Orange-tailed Mining Bee · Green Tiger Beetle · St Marks Fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
St Marks FlyBibio marci

🌿

Plants129 species

spring

2026

Lords-and-Ladies · Creeping Thistle · Silver Birch · Bluebell · Early Dog-violet +124

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2025
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2025
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2025
WillowherbEpilobium2025
Hybrid BirchBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
SanicleSanicula europaea2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
BetonyBetonica officinalis2025
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2025
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2025
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2025
Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2025
AppleMalus domestica2025
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2025
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2025
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Bird CherryPrunus padus2025
TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
LindenTilia2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Holcus lanatus x mollis = H. x hybridusHolcus lanatus x mollis = H. x hybridus2025
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025
False OxlipPrimula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
Field-roseRosa arvensis2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
IvyHedera helix2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
PignutConopodium majus2025
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
daffodilsNarcissus2025
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2025
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025