Woodwell Head - Woodland plantation
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.75963, -0.70193
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mowbray WayWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmLocal walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
A railway ran here until 1959
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Wildlife to spot
5,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Yellowhammer · Kestrel · Mallard · Bullfinch · Rook
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Toad
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Urophora cardui · Gatekeeper +8
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2023
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
Creeping Buttercup · Nipplewort · Yorkshire-fog · Common Couch · White Dead-nettle +105
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Common CouchElymus repens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Yellowhammer · Kestrel · Mallard · Bullfinch · Rook
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Toad
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Urophora cardui · Gatekeeper +8
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2023
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
Creeping Buttercup · Nipplewort · Yorkshire-fog · Common Couch · White Dead-nettle +105
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Common CouchElymus repens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas