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Brackenfield Green

📷 Garth Newton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.12544, -1.45195

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
🌿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

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Coot +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Coot +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 20 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

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

South Chesterfield WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route

Named route

Amber Valley Routeway Walk 19Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Carr Lanepublic footpath · 110 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 110 mSurface gravelPath type: service

Carr Lanepublic footpath · 53 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: service

Carr Lanepublic footpath · 286 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 286 mSurface gravelPath type: service

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

39,696 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,696 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2025

Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant +51

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoosanderMergus merganser
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JackdawColoeus monedula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
NuthatchSitta europaea
RavenCorvus corax
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ShagGulosus aristotelis
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,696 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2025

Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant +51

Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoosanderMergus merganser
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
DunnockPrunella modularis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JackdawColoeus monedula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
NuthatchSitta europaea
RavenCorvus corax
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ShagGulosus aristotelis
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Garth Newton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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