Bilborough Islamic Centre
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.96561, -1.21900
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
River LeenCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bennerley Viaduct ViewpointCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route N9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef N9Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
34,917 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Muntjac +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +31
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Muntjac +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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