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| Accessible from Mansfield Crescent, Armthorpe Only a smallish site, but is mostly used by local residents so flowers are not 'picked out' and it remains pretty natural with a wider variety of plant and animal life than many areas of similar size. Well looked after and maintained by Doncaster MBC alongside voluntary 'Friends Of Shaw Wood'. The wood is particularly lovely in April to May when beds of wood celandine, wood anemone and bluebells are well worth videoing. However, a visit any time of the year is worthwhile as there is always something interesting for the wildlife videographer. not easily accessible for wheelchairs, pushchairs or prams ground muddy and slippery when wet many paths suitable for guiding re width, but uneven underfoot and overhanging branches in places dogs and horses allowed free parking available on nearby street Armthorpe bus service (No.80) from Duke St., Doncaster none green Woodpecker greater spotted woodpecker nuthatch variety of owl species long tailed tits bluetits great tits coal tits dunnocks wrens kestrels sparrow hawks chaffinches green finches blackcaps jays magpies great crested newts smooth newts frogs toads hedgehogs grey squirrels variety of bat species short -tailed voles wood mouse water voles bluebells wood celandine wood anemone foxglove Two ponds, not supporting a great deal of wildlife. There is also a nearby pond (next to Sainsbury’s) which supports a rich amphibian population, fish, a wide variety of water linked plants such as kingcup, water lilies, various rushes & reeds, water forget-me-not |
| Shaw Wood, Armthorpe, Doncaster |
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