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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
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Getting here
53.00822, -1.72570
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Candlesnuff Fungus, Clouded Funnel, Lilac Bonnet +22 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Green-veined White +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterbur, Bush Vetch, Ramsons +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Royal Shrovetide Challenge Walk (up'ards)Walking route▾
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route450 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 450 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route225 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 225 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11.5 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 11.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route582 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 582 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,741 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,741 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dock Bug · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Broad-leaved Dock · Wood Avens · Ground-ivy · Cow Parsley · Common Nettle +89
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,741 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dock Bug · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Broad-leaved Dock · Wood Avens · Ground-ivy · Cow Parsley · Common Nettle +89
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025ButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisYewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Biting StonecropSedum acre2025Tall TutsanHypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum2025Tall TutsanHypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum2025BurdockArctium2025BurdockArctium2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025OnionAllium cepa2025OnionAllium cepa2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025