Draycott Plantation - Woodland
14 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.98184, -1.55713
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths 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
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 9Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Wren · Blackbird +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · American Mink
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- American MinkNeovison vison
Hard Rush · Tufted Hair-grass · Yellow Pimpernel · Bladder Campion · Wood Speedwell +2
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Crimson Clover
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Wren · Blackbird +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · American Mink
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- American MinkNeovison vison
Hard Rush · Tufted Hair-grass · Yellow Pimpernel · Bladder Campion · Wood Speedwell +2
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Crimson Clover
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum
Trifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum