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Getting here
52.97854, -1.15533
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Syrphus +136 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Dead Moll's Fingers · last seen 2024
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss, Silver-moss +7 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Big TrackWalking route▾
Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route
Arboretum Route 1Walking route▾
Arboretum Route 2Walking route▾
Park StepsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Smew TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
118 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
NTU City Campus to New Basford Avoiding Tram LinesCycling route▾
Named routeRef NTU - New BasfordLocal cycle route
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River LeenCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain Bike RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
26,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit +24
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PigeonColumba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Water Vole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Water Bent · Black Nightshade · Cockspur · White Dead-nettle · Common Millet +16
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common MilletPanicum miliaceum
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit +24
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PigeonColumba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Water Vole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Marmalade Hoverfly +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Water Bent · Black Nightshade · Cockspur · White Dead-nettle · Common Millet +16
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common MilletPanicum miliaceum
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2025Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2025Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2025Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025VolucellaVolucella2025VolucellaVolucella2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Gasteruption jaculatorGasteruption jaculator2025Gasteruption jaculatorGasteruption jaculator2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusMonkeyflower SpeciesErythrantheMonkeyflower SpeciesErythrantheBlue FleabaneErigeron acrisBlue FleabaneErigeron acrisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaArgentinian VervainVerbena bonariensisArgentinian VervainVerbena bonariensisGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusFalse London-rocketSisymbrium loeseliiFalse London-rocketSisymbrium loeseliiHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiataShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiataAnnual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensisAnnual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis