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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.13222, -1.74011
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Swallow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Swallow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Swallow, Rook +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Swallow, Rook +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Crosswort, Common Ragwort +120 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Walk from Dovedale to Milldale, DovedaleWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 03:00Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Roystone Grange TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 548Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 548National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route312 m▾
Named routeRef 549Length 312 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route9 m▾
Named routeRef 548Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,115 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,115 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- CurlewNumenius arquata
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Black Oil-beetle · Garden Chafer · Orchid Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Green Tiger Beetle
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Betony · Dandelion · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Spear Thistle +109
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,115 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- CurlewNumenius arquata
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Black Oil-beetle · Garden Chafer · Orchid Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Green Tiger Beetle
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Betony · Dandelion · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Spear Thistle +109
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
