Young Oaks
✦ Ancient woodland59 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome59 ha
Getting here
52.13643, -2.87262
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
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Woodland on Shukes Bank, 2
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Wildlife to spot
661 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
661 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Kestrel · Chaffinch · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +48
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
🦌Mammals11 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Rabbit · Red Fox · Otter +6
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Roe Deer
Small Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
661 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Kestrel · Chaffinch · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +48
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
🦌Mammals11 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Rabbit · Red Fox · Otter +6
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Roe Deer
Small Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus
WeaselMustela nivalis2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025StoatMustela erminea2025StoatMustela erminea2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023MoleTalpa europaea2023MoleTalpa europaea2023MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022Events & activities nearby
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