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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
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Getting here
53.10572, -1.42328
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and House Sparrow
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and House Sparrow
- 🍄Mushroom 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
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Hedgehog, Badger +11 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Yellow Fieldcap, Rhodocollybia asema, Paxillus obscurisporus +19 more · last seen 2021
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Red Admiral +81 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed — public woodland
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Meadowsweet +24 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 5Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwell TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Cottages, Green and farm vehicles parked
Photos
Cottages, Green and farm vehicles parked
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,995 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,995 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025Swallow · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird
+40 more speciesHide species list
All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2017
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- Corvid SpeciesCorvus2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2017
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2017
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2016
- NuthatchSitta europaea2015
🦌Mammals14 species
springsummerautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Rabbit · Brown Hare
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummer
2021Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Red Admiral · Comma · Small White
+79 more speciesHide species list
All 84 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Yellow Fieldcap · Rhodocollybia asema · Paxillus obscurisporus · Fool's Funnel · Ascot Hat
+17 more speciesHide species list
All 22 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
- Rhodocollybia asemaRhodocollybia asema
- Paxillus obscurisporusPaxillus obscurisporus
- Fool's FunnelClitocybe rivulosa
- Ascot HatHortiboletus bubalinus
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Meadowsweet · Red Campion · Spanish Bluebell
+22 more speciesHide species list
All 27 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica2021
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,995 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025Swallow · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird
+40 more speciesHide species list
All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2017
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- Corvid SpeciesCorvus2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2017
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2017
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2016
- NuthatchSitta europaea2015
🦌Mammals14 species
springsummerautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Rabbit · Brown Hare
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummer
2021Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock · Red Admiral · Comma · Small White
+79 more speciesHide species list
All 84 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Yellow Fieldcap · Rhodocollybia asema · Paxillus obscurisporus · Fool's Funnel · Ascot Hat
+17 more speciesHide species list
All 22 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
- Rhodocollybia asemaRhodocollybia asema
- Paxillus obscurisporusPaxillus obscurisporus
- Fool's FunnelClitocybe rivulosa
- Ascot HatHortiboletus bubalinus
- Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum
Bluebell · Himalayan Balsam · Meadowsweet · Red Campion · Spanish Bluebell
+22 more speciesHide species list
All 27 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica2021
- Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large White
Large White
Pieris brassicae2019
Pieris brassicae2019
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pallipesSilo pallipes2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2019Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2019Athripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatus2019Athripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatus2019Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGoera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2016Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2016Southern 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