Seal Pastures - Woodland plantation
6 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.72232, -1.55884
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route659 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route160 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 160 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip
Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail
Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route
Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
30,387 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,387 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Coot · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Common Blue · Comma +18
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Golden Scalycap · Crimped Gill · Wrinkled Peach · Lemon Disco · Chlorociboria +7
- Golden ScalycapPholiota aurivella
- Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
- Wrinkled PeachRhodotus palmatus
- Lemon DiscoCalycina citrina
- ChlorociboriaChlorociboria
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2024
- Stump Puffball
🌿Plants2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Cyperus Sedge · Pellitory-of-the-wall
- Cyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperus
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,387 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Coot · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Common Blue · Comma +18
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Golden Scalycap · Crimped Gill · Wrinkled Peach · Lemon Disco · Chlorociboria +7
- Golden ScalycapPholiota aurivella
- Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
- Wrinkled PeachRhodotus palmatus
- Lemon DiscoCalycina citrina
- ChlorociboriaChlorociboria
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea2024
- Stump Puffball
🌿Plants2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Cyperus Sedge · Pellitory-of-the-wall
- Cyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperus
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apioperdon pyriforme2024
Apioperdon pyriforme2024
Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus2024Fairy InkcapCoprinellus disseminatus2024Honey WaxcapHygrocybe reidii2024Honey WaxcapHygrocybe reidii2024Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2024Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus2024Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2024Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis2024Nut DiscoHymenoscyphus fructigenus2024Nut DiscoHymenoscyphus fructigenus2024