Church Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.84407, -1.52460
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blue WalkWalking route2.3 km▾
Named routeLength 2.3 km
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route464 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 464 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route433 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 433 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
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Wildlife to spot
10,298 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,298 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSong Thrush · Wren · Stock Dove · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +36
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Cleavers · Common Ivy · Elder · Greater Plantain · Hawthorn +81
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,298 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSong Thrush · Wren · Stock Dove · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +36
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Cleavers · Common Ivy · Elder · Greater Plantain · Hawthorn +81
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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