Black Wood - Woodland plantation
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
54.66459, -1.32584
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
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Villages Native Tree WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3 Villages TreeLocal walking route
Way of LoveWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 14Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Summerhill BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef BMX
Photos
Black Wood to the north of Red Gap Moor
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Wildlife to spot
2,894 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Swallow · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen · Tufted Duck +18
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Badger
Hard Rush · Yorkshire-fog · Elm · Primrose · Tufted Hair-grass +61
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- ElmUlmus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Swallow · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen · Tufted Duck +18
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
Badger
Hard Rush · Yorkshire-fog · Elm · Primrose · Tufted Hair-grass +61
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- ElmUlmus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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